re: Olympic National Park

Just made the trip as well this past Memorial Day weekend. I suggest staying in the park if there's availability and you can swing it. The Lake Crescent Lodge is awesome. Restaurant is solid and it's very serene in the morning and evenings. Sunset is just incredible sitting out by the water.

As above, the park roads make a massive circle and highly recommend staying in two places. Somewhere in the NE quadrant (Lake Crescent Lodge or Port Angeles), and then in the west near the coast and rainforests (Forks or Lake Quinalt Lodge).

Activities:
- Hurricane Ridge along with Hurricane Hill Trail.
- Sol Duc Falls. There was the Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort, which looked nice.
- Hoh Rainforest. There are a few different trails here, do the entire thing.
- Ruby Beach - double check the tide charts and get out during absolute low tide so you can view the tide pools. Marine life and rock formations are amazing - starfish, anemone, etc. Rialto and Second Beach were two others I had saved, but didn't have time for. If we did not get out during absolute low tide, experience would probably not compare, especially for little kids.

Other activities would have liked to do:
- Mount Storm King - this was closed during our stay but we heard from others this is one of the more beautiful hikes they've done.
- Cape Flattery - this was closed due to the Indian reservation. May still be. Northwest most point on the contiguous United States. Surrounding beaches looked pretty cool as well.
- Dungeness Spit - technically part of the refuge and not Olympic NP. Longest natural sandspit in US.