Friday we drove on 101 West to the Hoh Rain Forest. This is still part of Olympic National Park. We went to the campground first to set up. The campground was on the Hoh River. We had a nice site not too far from the river. After setting up we took a hike on two trails: the Trail of the Shadows and Spruce Trail. Both were interpretive trails and described the rain forest here in the Northwest.
On the way to Spruce Trail we saw an elk eating by the stream. He was beautiful. The signs all around the area said to say 100 feet from the elk because they have been charging visitors. After our hike we went back to the truck and on our way there were two elk sparring with each other. They make a high squeaky noise which was surprising to us because of their size. They fought with their antlers and the sound you heard was like sticks hitting each other. We watched them for awhile and then went back to the camper. Later on after supper, we saw them again and there was a third elk that joined them. They were just eating grass around the park. Very exciting!
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