We were fortunate enough to tour New England earlier this year. We stood next to the Atlantic Ocean in Gloucester and agreed that we were very lucky to be able to see both oceans in one year. We smiled at that today as we stood on the sands of the Pacific…
We headed out of Seattle very early in the morning on Monday. We chose to make a counter-clockwise loop around Olympic National Park. What an incredible day. This park completely took Amy and I by surprise. 
We drove 17 miles (and 5000+ feet of elevation) to Hurricane Ridge. Here we stood face-to-face with a variety of glaciers. We then coasted down (literally – not touching the gas once for 17 miles) back to sea level and drove another 80-100 miles to the Hoh Rainforest. 
It’s the only virgin, temperate rainforest left in the United States. We didn’t know if we were in Washington, Mirkwood or on Endor. (Wake-up sci-fi nuts…) Beautiful, huge, moss-covered trees. Dense forest… Amy was nuts using her camera. This was truly a major highlight of the trip. We ended our day by driving to the beach. 47* 42.634’N by 124* 24.939’W was our furthest point west on this trip. At this point – it was all eastward heading back to Green Bay. Our campsite was a bit further down the beach and it was lovely. 
We strolled in the sand and watched the setting of the sun. This was an incredible day.
Today we were on the road at 7:00 a.m. We were able to tune into news of the shuttle launch. We were very happy to hear that it went well. Today was a 12 hour day in the saddle. Olympic National Park to Boise, ID. Not a lot of sightseeing – although we followed the Columbia River along the Oregon/Washington border for quite a long time and we were able to catch a few nice views of Mount St. Helens. The goal was to get a lot of miles under our belt so that we have some time to stop in Promontory, UT (a spiritual spot for Jeff) as well as have a full day in Steamboat Springs, CO.
Great to hear from all of you. Loving this trip…
Jeff & Amy
Kline Road Trips 
Hey guys…I finally got a minute to breathe at work and got to catch up on your adventure. Looks like you are having a great time! Love the pics–esp from 7/26. The pictures of the mountains and the beach are awesome–I love that you captured those on the same day. Amy, you look like Rick Moranis could find you in his cheerios next to that tree (ok, really bad “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” reference…I may as well start quoting “Pirhana Part 2: The Spawning”)…but really, you look like a miniature…Anyway…glad you two are having fun. Happy belated 8-year anniversary! Love you both,Jenny
we visited the olympic peninsula last summer with tobias’ parents, and, wow, what a beautiful place. sounds like you hit many of the same sites that we did – hurricane ridge and the hoh rain forest. man, the trees in that park – it’s humbling to be near living things so old.we also spent some time at ruby beach, and the beach near our cabin, which was near the hoh rain forest (wish i could remember what the lodge was called), port angeles, and port townsend. great time all around.catch you later!
Congratulations Tracie on your marriage to Tobias! I love the picture of my 4 “daughters’. You have all grown up to be beautiful, successful young women and I am very proud of all of you—it warms the cockels(sp?) of my heart (can I say thay while I’m chortling?)Hayley is being a very good girl. We can’t wait to see all of your pictures. Be safe. Love, Mom V