Editing Travel plans/May 2015

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=May 9-10: The Hoh Rainforest=

[[Image: Hoh_rainforest.jpg]]

We will camp somewhere in the [http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/visiting-the-hoh.htm Hoh rainforest] on Saturday night. Some of us will be at CDSW beforehand, so these people will drive to the rainforest after 4PM. 

== Basic information ==
Location: The [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/47.8609/-123.9310&layers=CN Hoh Rainforest]

Plans: Spend the night at the rainforest and hike during the day on Sunday. 

Weather: likely wetter and colder than Seattle. NOAA forecast is [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?w0=t&w1=td&w2=hi&w3=sfcwind&w3u=1&w4=sky&w5=pop&w6=rh&w7=rain&w8=thunder&w10u=0&w13u=1&AheadHour=103&Submit=Submit&FcstType=graphical&textField1=47.86&textField2=-123.93&site=all&unit=0&dd=&bw= here].

Contact info: 
* Mika (206-890-5155)
* Mako (206-409-7191)

== Transportation ==

It will take about [https://www.google.com/maps/dir/University+of+Washington,+Seattle,+WA/Hoh+Rain+Forest+Visitor+Center,+Forks,+WA+98331/@47.5362091,-124.5207563,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x549014929d8535eb:0x6b742c7901b82ba3!2m2!1d-122.30352!2d47.655335!1m5!1m1!1s0x548e6a766596fcf3:0xdf8cc1609f40c624!2m2!1d-123.934809!2d47.860889 4.5 hours] to drive there.

* Whiskey Bend Road is [http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/temperate-rain-forests.htm closed indefinitely] above Canyon Overlook due to slide damage.

* Who's driving?
:* Sage and kids will leave around midday to stake out a campsite. (We have room for one more in the car.)
:* lucy will pick up bryan at the airport around 1-2pm and head out to the campsite (we'll have room for two others)
::* Mika would like to join you.
:* Liz and Tommy will leave following CDSW workshop.  We have room for two more (dog will be in tow)
::* Ariel&Mako would like to join you.

== Campground ==

* There are many [http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm campgrounds]. Should we pick a site with water/toilet?

: I think that's a good idea, although sometimes it's more pleasant to go in the woods than the compost toilets.
: How about [http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/camping.htm#CP_JUMP_755189 Hoh campground]?

* There are [http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/upload/Hoh.pdf fire pits]. Use dead and down wood. If somebody can bring firewood, that would be great.

* Those of us who get there in late afternoon could do [http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/spruce-nature-trail-hoh Spruce Nature Trail] after getting settled in before it gets dark?

== Things to bring ==

Individual:

* permit, passes, fees for [http://www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/fees.htm park use and camping] (lucy: we have one nat'l park pass)
* tarp (if it's wet, we may want these for under the tent)
* tent
* sleeping bag
* warm clothes
* rain jacket
* towels
* flashlight/headlamp
* extra batteries
* phones
* camera (optional)
* trekking poles (optional)
* mushroom basket (optional)
* mushroom knife (optional)

Shared:

* firewood
* toilet paper (Mika&Mako)
* garbage bags (Mika&Mako)
* food
** graham crackers and vegetarian-friendly marshmallows to share (Liz & Tommy)
** field roast sausages (Mika&Mako)
** ?leftover from CDSW?
* beer and other beverages
** FBC beer (Mika&Mako)
* water (if not available at the campground)
* small camping stove (lucy + bryan)
* cast iron pans/Dutch oven? (Mika&Mako, if useful)

== Attendees ==

* Mako
* Mika
* Liz
* Tommy
* Sage
* <small>Brighton</small>
* <small>Evie</small>
* Bryan
* Lucy
* Andrés 
* Special guests?

== Fauna ==

We may or may not want to find:

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_elk Olympic elk]: the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_tree_frog Pacific tree frog]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug Banana slug]
* Bobcat
* Cougar
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_black_bear Olympic Black Bear]
: They are definitely [http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/news/enchanted-valley-closed-to-camping.htm around].
* Morels