Hiking the Hoh River - Five Mile Island

Port Angeles, Washington

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Amazing Wild LifeBeautiful ViewsThe moss is to die for and the trees are so green

We took the Edmonds ferry across the sound and adventured over to the Olympic Rainforest. Our hike started off with see a heard of HUGE elk. Definitely majestic animals, we kept our distance of course. The remainder of the trail was absolutely beautiful. The greens of the trees and moss were breathtaking. The river has a beautiful tint to it that isn't comparable to anything I have seen. We reached Five Mile Island and were not disappointed to run into a deer grazing, we got some awesome pictures.

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