Hood Canal Loop

Showed family around the Hood Canal. We headed south to Union and ate lunch at the Alderbrook Golf Course. 

We stopped at Hamma Hamma to grab oysters for dinner. We spotted sea lions or seals and a juvenile bald eagle.

Quick drive and walk up to Rocky Brook Falls. It was so big and we were so close to the bottom that it was hard to photograph! There was a beautiful pool at the bottom and rapids. 

Then we drove to the top of Mt. Walker. The northern viewpoint looks towards the Olympics and the North Cascades.

The southern viewpoint looked towards Mt. Rainier (Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Adams), the Hood Canal, and Puget Sound. 

I spotted violets, thimble-sized orchids, and trillium at the top. I'm waiting for the native rhododendrons to bloom!