Alina Broitman
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We booked the Olympic Park tour.
Marty picked us up from the hotel at the promised time, and after a short introductions with everyone else we went on our way.
First we crossed the Puget Sound by ferry, Marty prepared some coffee/hot chocolate and a delicious coofee cake for us for the ride. While we ate he explained a bit about what to expect and about the wildlife and marine life in the area.
When we arrived, it took a bit of a drive to get to our destination, but Marty kept the conversation with explanations about the nature and the local communities, as well as a brief history of the native American tribes in the area - we even had a short stop at a local native American community.
First we got to see a bit of Elwha river and took a walk to see a small waterfall nearby.
Then we kept going to Lake Crescent and got to see it from multiple locations, and even took a small hike to see a bigger waterfall. Later we had a lovely picnic at one of the lake shores, which Marty also provided (the soup was delicious).
Next we went to the the Olympic Peninsula and saw some marine life. Unfortunately the tide was high so we couldn't go down to the tide pools, but the views were great nonetheless.
We couldn't see the mountains as there was a closure for some reason, but we were out of time anyway as we had to catch the ferry back.
Through the adventure Marty kept explaining and answered all our our questions patiently, we even got to try some wild mushrooms and berries together.
Marty returned us to our hotel tired but satisfied.
We were expecting to hike a bit more, but we got to see so much regardless.