Before we left Seattle, I took Dina out to the Olympic Peninsula for her first backpacking experience. We spent a couple nights in the interior of the park with our friends Faye and Nick, and then another night at Shi Shi Beach by ourselves. That, combined with a few nights of camping on our cross country drive meant plenty of time outdoors in beautiful places.
![Sunset in Glacier National Park](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Uebx8B0x9xM/UkmpYBQL2cI/AAAAAAAAIzc/u9aZGp-Rr4I/s800/DSC_4496.jpg)
Both Olympic and Glacier National Park are places worth visiting and (hopefully) re-visiting; there’s no such thing as “enough time” in either place, and we’re eager to go back whenever we can.
![Harrier in Montana](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-j_2sbcHgGho/UkmpiktoBZI/AAAAAAAAI18/IqPaYDPY6i8/s800/DSC_4814.jpg)
All the pictures from our Olympic trip are up here and the ones from our cross-country drive are here.