Billy Wardle Happenings

 While Sheri and I were camping at Boulder Beach we drove down to Willow Beach to check it out.  Willow Beach is south of Las Vegas and fourteen miles inside the border on 93.  Of course the other side of the river is Nevada.  We were there in the off season but the campground was still busy.  There were also fishermen along the beach and pier. Nice view of Lake Mohave from the campground From the pier down by the water

 The most impressive thing about Red Rock Canyon is the panoramic red mountains.  We spent a nice at the campground, and then we had to drive to the actual canyon which is a few miles away.  The road through the canyon has paid entrance and there is an attempt to space the the cars so it doesn't get overly crowded.  There is a visitor center.  There is also an area of Indian Writing .

 Sol Duc is also spelled Sole Duck.  The campground was nice, but they didn't seem to give a discount for the senior National Park card as under private management by the resort and hot spring.   Sol Duc Campground The hike to the water fall was fun.  The waterfall was very pretty.  It is a three-tiered fall.  On the way back we heard a very strange sound and concluded it must have been a mountain lion. In leaving the area we stopped at a salmon run.  We actually saw some jump, but never captured them in pictures.

 To be considered a rain forest an area must receive 100 inches of rain per year.  Hoh receives 140 inches. A special attraction at the rain forest is the Hall of Mosses.  There are both deciduous trees and conifers.  The root systems are not deep because of the amount of rain.  For this reason many trees have fallen.  Mosses, ferns and mushrooms grow in abundance.  (Mushrooms can be seen here.)  Hall of Mosses creek the trail goes over ferns deer on trail between visitor's center and our campground Hoh River was foggy in the morning as we left.  It was right behind our campground