part 3

 We made it to the mountains!  Such pretty scenery, and I love the smell of pine needles and damp wood.  We got to walk on a lot of trails and see some of the most beautiful sights there is to behold.  I wish I could put all my pictures on here.  There were so many waterfalls and rivers.  I wish I could just transplant a little piece of the forest in my back yard!

 Very tall tree isnt' it?  I wish I could climb it and see the view you'd see from up there!  You could probably see Iowa!

 Ben and Keaton walking hand in hand on the road back to he car.  How sweet is that!  Such a fun day

 The happy couple pose.  This was along a very very cold river!  It was like ice!  Ben could hardly keep his hand in it for more than 30 seconds. 

 We drove to Mt Saint Helens next.  The picture I down loaded on here of that didn't work for some reason, so I'll have to try again in the next post.  It was amazing to see all the progress the mountain and the area have made in the last 30 years since the eruption.  I recommend to anyone to go see. They have great visitor centers as well.  Also a great hiking trail that takes you all over the blast zone.

 Next we drove up to Forks.  This was Amber's part of the trip. We drove into town and Amber was so excited to see the famous sign.  I must admit, I was a little excited as well.

 They had a store there called "Dazzled by Twilight"  with all kinds of stuff from and about the movies.  Someone was pretty smart to put that there for all the group-ies coming to town.  Amber got her picture taken with Edward and Jacob!  I told you they had everything in this store!

 This is La Push.  And this is a picture of the school, on the reservation.  The one that Jacob went to :)

 This is First Beach.  Where Jacob and Belle, walked and talked about the "cold ones!"  The water was freezing as well! But is was a beautiful beach with sooo much drift wood.  Bret was drooling.  He was trying to figure out how he could get this huge piece back home with him.  He would have to buy an extra seat!  So we had to leave it. 

This is part of First Beach.  An old dock that wasn't being used any more, for obvious reasons, and I don't know what the pipe was for, but I wanted to take a picture of the rocky cliffs.  We ate at a little restaurant in La Push, and I must say I've had my share of fish and chips, but in that place I had the  BEST!!!!  So so good.  I wish I could eat that like once a week!  I know it's not all that healthy for you, but man, if It's fresh fish,  nothing better!