Tuesday 6/26/12
Today was especially hard. We spent the day at the Sol Duc resort hot spring pools soaking up the warm almost hot tub tempartures of the three different pools (the fourth felt freezing at 75 degrees!). We lounged by the pools, read and relaxed the entire day. We were so relaxed in fact that we forgot to take any pictures, sorry. Since we both had never been to a hot spring before we weren't sure what to expect. We found it is much different than a hot tub. The water is filled with sulfur which puts out a distinctive and at first unpleasant odor. It also has white colored floating flecks in the water which almost look like pieces of skin. Here at the resort we got a much different type of hot spring then we would have gotten in the wilderness as the lifeguards were constantly maintaing the temperature levels all day. Another suprise to the resort experience, the majority of people there were European. We also did something else that is special; take a shower. It is unbelievable how great showering feels after almost a week. It is defintely a feeling we take for granted. For those of you who might think we stunk all week we have actually taken great precautions to prevent that and naturally we smell like roses.
In the evening we drove to the town of Forks which is best known for it's connection with Twilight. Though there is little to relate to Twilight here (other than businesses saying "Get your Twilight flowers here, etc.") it does have a nice rest stop. Though not an entirely crime free one. The rest stop has a Visitor's/Transit center and I stopped in to use the bathroom. On the benches inside were an irate homeless couple. I couldn't quite make out what the woman was screaming about but I quickly finished up, clutched my purse tight and high tailed it back to the van. For obvious reasons I felt uncomfortable by the situation. When we stopped back by the Visitor's/Tranist center in the morning a huge rock had been thrown through the vending machine and glass was splayed everywhere. The worst part is that the robbers actually, judging by the wrappers at the scene, stayed and ate Starbursts. I couldn't be much help in solving the crime, due to the police department's lack of interest in the event. Yet the whole thing might be more understandable if you take into account the tranist system signage. One sign said "Catch the bus, not swine flu." Another said "No fireworks on the bus." Have to figure that someone must have tried the last one. The cops must have their hands full. -A
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