I'm headed for the rain forest for a little backpacking trip next week. OK maybe not what Dan considers rain forest, but we do have a little one up here on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State.

Olympic Coastal courtesy of my friend's website www.wildernesstrip.com.

We'll be leaving the machetes home since the area is a protected wilderness area, and we will be hiking along the beach for most of it. A boardwalk is provided to get us through the rainforest with minimal impact. Hoping to get a good look at the animal life in the tidepools. And hoping to be left alone by the bears and racoons.

The internet makes enjoying the great outdoors so easy. Be back in a little over a week.

-Steve G.