Kayaking at Lake Quinault

I took a weekend and got out of town a few weeks ago to enjoy Lake Quinault with my Mom (in the middle) and sister Katie (on the left). We had a great time and had unusually hot dry weather (keep in mind this is in the Quinault Rainforest). We took the kayaks across the lake and got fried on the way back. Of course we forgot to put on sunscreen, and were in these weird kayaks that you sit on top of and as we came back across the lake, it got really sunny. It was super hard work to steer without rudders so we got a great workout. My grandparents used to own a cabin on the lake when I was young, and it was so good to get back out to the lake.

We drove around the North Shore of the lake, it is so beautiful! We passed by the newly remodeled Lake Quinault Resort and it was beautiful. And had very reasonable prices. On the last day we were there, we took a small hike and it was so different from all the other hike I have taken out at Lake Quinault. The trail went past a homestead from back at the turn of the century and then into the woods, but the wood were really open and spacious.