Tuesday morning dawned sunny and mostly clear. We decided to explore this area by heading north along the shore cutting over on the Moclips Hwy with our destination being Lake Quinault Lodge and the rain forest of the Olympic National Park. We experienced almost every weather condition excluding hurricane winds. Clear, sunny skies evolved into fog, low clouds dumping rain, hail and then snow! Fascinating!!!!!
We arrived at Quinault Lake Lodge just in time for lunch. We were greeted by a warm fire in the lobby. Built in 1926, the rustic lodge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is truly an exquisite retreat. The lodge boasts 92 rooms and on October 1, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had lunch here and nine months later signed a bill creating Olympic National Park. The Roosevelt Dining Room is named to commemorate that event in history. We were not the only ones dining.....several hummingbirds were visible along the expansive deck. The lawn overlooking the lake was very inviting.....the snow on the mountain tops was not.
Jim spent a couple of his high school years in Quinault- isn't this a beautiful part of your coastal trip?
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