Washington State: Olympia & Olympic N.P.

After arriving at Seattle-Tacoma airport we received our rental car from Thrifty. A wonderful metallic blue Ford Taurus. We started our road trip in Olympia. That's the state capital of Washington State therefore we visited the state capitol. After buying two road maps (thumbs up) we headed forward to Port Angeles located at the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We spent the night at wonderful Inn at Rooster Hill. The next day we weren't allowed to ascend the road to Hurrican Ridge at Olympic N.P. (due to a bicycle race). What a pity! We drove along the lakes through the national park and visited the Hoh Rain Forest. At the coast we saw our first rocky needles.