My first 4th of July

I heard that the 4th of July is a big holiday in America to celebrate the birthday of our country.  I was looking forward to seeing the fireworks and celebration but Mommy had other plans in mind. She wanted to go to Canada.  We took a plane to Seattle and then drove around to see the beautiful Washington coast and the Olympic National Park. It was the first national park I have ever been and it was way bigger than I expected. I thought it would be like the dog parks that my parents take me to or the bigger parks where we go hiking sometimes but this park was humongous. We drove around for hours and we were still in it. I was worried that we’d never get out. We stopped by Ruby Beach and there were lots of other doggies to play with.

Family photo

So puuurrty

Mommy and me at the beach

I thought the beach would be full of sand but there were lots of little rocks and they hurt my feet and Mommy’s feet.

Rocks?

A little pond by the beach. It was yummy freshwater.

We also went to Hoh Rain Forest, one of the only rain forests in North America.  The official rules of the park said that puppies aren’t allowed to go but I got to see it from the car. There were lots of big trees and it was humid and mossy.

Hoh Rain Forest

Daddy wanted to take Mommy and me to the Northwestern most point of the contiguous (big word, right?) United States.  It’s called Cape Flattery by Neah Bay and it was very flattering indeed.  To get from the parking lot to the pretty view, we had to take a hike down a wooden path. I was scared my feet would get stuck between the wooden boards but I made it!

The Cape

Wooden path that to the Cape

Since it was the 4th of July, we decided to celebrate by buying some small firecrackers to light. Daddy only had one small pack of free matches from the gas station and because it was so windy, he ended up not being able to light them all before he ran out.

Loud fire crackers

We found a crab on the beach who was also celebrating the 4th of July. I wanted to play with him but he just wanted to walk away sideways.  That’s when Daddy picked him up and tried to eat him!

A crab?

Daddy wanted to eat my crab buddy.

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