Chief Joseph's gravesite. I've been enamored with Chief Joseph since I learned about him near Lewiston in 4th Grade.

 
The Bronze's in Joseph were really neat. Andy liked the wolves.

 
The girls had 'purple cows' at a 'soda shop; in Joseph. The purple cows were good, but the place couldn't make a malt to save it's life. They should definitely stick to coffee. ;)

 

Mt. Rainier National Park

The last leg of our trip was to Mt. Rainier National Park. We stayed at the campground at Ohanapecosh (Which is a delightful word to say. Try it!). We loved our campsite, and the park was just amazing. We hiked. We looked for signs of animals (We saw scratching on a tree and asked Carolyn what she thought made it. She said, very matter of factly, "Maybe a bear. Maybe an elephant."). I think it was the best part of the camping trip for all of us.

 

The girls snuggled up taking a nap in the tent.

 
Carolyn in her Jr. Ranger class.

 
Because I like the name.

 

 

 
Carolyn reading, "Who Pooped in the Park" during a break on our hike. Thank you Todd and Jamie for our field-guide to Skat. It came in handy. :)

 

 
Carolyn talking with a ranger about the work she'd been doing in her Jr. Ranger book.

 
Andy liked the swirlies in the trees. This was coming into "The Grove of the Patriarchs:" A grove of trees that were literally 1000 years old.

 

 
The suspension bridge over to the island where the biggest trees were was the truest suspension bridge I've ever been on. You definitely only wanted ONE person on it at a time (unless one of those people was a four-year old).

 
Who says Republicans can't be tree-huggers?

 
The Douglas Twin Firs were the oldest in the park.