Just watched this hike and saw you mention and film Morgenroth Lake. I went to grade school with a Tim Morgenroth in Seattle in the 60's. The lake was named after his grandfather way back in the 1920's when he was mapping the area for the park service. So cool to see it in your video.
So happy to see you with your niece, especially in bear country, she's more comfortable on camera then in the past, she's looking good. Tell her we love to see you two out there together. Great video, thanks as always..
The Olympics are amazing to hike into. I live near the southern end of the park and I never get tired of the hikes. Have a great time and I enjoy those videos and photos.
Absolutely stunning I can't believe she's your niece you don't look that old you're looking great some of those Meadows look like paintings and you're right too much Beauty for a one-day hike you make a lot of good decisions on your hiking I can tell you're experienced at it
Hello Catherine, Magnanimous! There are decades between the use of that word, but it has found a use here. Thank you for lifting me to the Olympics with you. I will share a short story of my first hike in Alaska some years ago... My Girlfriend and I arrived in Sitka in March for the first time and she began her new job as a trauma nurse for the local indian health services hospital. I am a carpenter and had to find work too. Well, our first weekend came and we decided to take a hike up to "Thimbleberry Lake", such a nice name it had to be a good place to hike up to. I had worked the day before baking and cooking for our hike... Southern fried chicken, biscuits, honey butter, brownies... the works. I packed a back pack with fishing gear, all the food and camera stuff. Saturday morning we drove a short way out of town and pulled over at the trail head. We climbed the steep path to a beautiful lake half covered in the previous winters ice. I had brought my fishing rod, and was so happy after crossing country all the way from North Carolina to Alaska, to be fishing in a high country lake ... we enjoyed the views, I enjoyed trying to catch something and eventually looked down to see what kind of tracks were in the mud around the lake... Brown Bear Tracks. Hungry , grumpy, huge Alaskan brown bears had been there so recently, the water in the tracks was still murky! I was standing there, with a backpack full of biscuits, honey butter and fried chicken! Catherine, the tracks were so big, I could put both of my size 12 boots in one track! We had our picknick in the car! Live and learn.... I love your adventures as you so nicely tell them. Smiling, George.
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures You are welcome Catherine, Perhaps one day, we will hear each others stories across a campfire . Its a wonderful life and such nice things are possible. Either way, know that I enjoy your stories too. Smiling, George.
Hi Catherine & Christine: Enjoyed hiking along vicariously on your backpacking adventure to 7 Lakes Basin Loop. Marvelous scenery, amazing footage of the mountain goats, Mule-tail deer, etc. I've lived in Seattle, WA almost 40 years, hiked and camped Rialto Beach, Cascades, Mt Rainier, Pasayten-Okanogan Wilderness Trail via llama packing. My favorite is Rialto Beach on the Olympic coast. Large silver driftwood, cobblestones, seastacks, Douglas fir, various wildlife. I'd highly recommended it. I've enjoyed your other adventures (just discovered you last night). I look forward to many more. Jenny :-)
Glad I found this video, as we have a panoramic view of the Olympics from our back yard. You went places we were not able to go, other than taking a flight over a few years back. Very impressive & beautiful. Love the scenery & wildlife of course. ♥
My 7 yr old Granddaughter is visiting us in CT this month and she was born in Washington (her dad is in the Army and they relocated to North Carolina when she was a baby). After seeing the video and squealing at the Mountain Goats, I had to promise to take her hiking there! Beautiful video!
So cool that you could hike with your niece. I find this hard to say, but this is one of my favorite videos so far. I’ve liked them all, but the huge trees and foliage are just so beautiful. Living though your lens. Thank you.
Doing this same loop with my wife in a week, although our trip is a bit more ambitious with a strait through one day to lunch lake and a four night stay in the basin. Beautiful area, last year I did a through trip from boulder hot springs to Appleton pass, Appleton to lunch lake, lunch lake to happy four and finished out through to the hoh station. That was a butt kicker. The seven lakes loop is a chill, beautiful trip. Thanks for the trip report.
Beautiful. Grew up in Seattle area although never hiked much.....Snoqualmie Falls and other more readily accessible stuff. Loved the Islands and Puget Sound area and spent a fair amount of my time as a child on a couple of them. Dearly miss the area. TY for taking us along.
Wow. The shot with the goats is absolutely amazing. To think that I used to chase them around with with a rifle. I hope that there is a place setting for redemption in middle age
I hiked here about 7 years ago with my Nephew. We stayed up above Round Lake near Lunch Lake also. Also camped a Heart and Deer Lake. We hiked opposite direction from you. Deer Lake, Lunch Lake and Heart Lake. We hiked to all the lakes in the basin. We watched a Bear down in the basin also.
Hey CATH - very nice VIDEO, and just wanted to say - I am proud of you and what you do, and how you respect yourself at this time of your life, Wish there were alot more Women like you -who take care of themselves - I Appreciate it
Happy Birthday Cat Ballou!!!!! Nice to see your niece and also that she was with you on your birthday 🎂. I played golf yesterday and it was 🔥hot!!! Fairways were steaming hot lol. So for me to get up and see this refreshing hike in the cooler weather with rain just revived me somehow. Loved every bit of the video and I love the shorter hikes so you have time to enjoy yourself and new locations. When I saw that it was going to be a 3 day adventure I purposely made the Tj's instant coffee to drink while watching....it was a 2 cup video lol. Thanks Again.
I did some camping near Ho River and short hikes when I visited Olympic, the moss on the trees creates a sensation like no other, as you said enchanting. Really enjoyed this I know you loved having your niece to hike with. Love the easy trail days with excellent camps! And Happy Birthday to you.
Wow , it rains in the Olympics. Good to see you exploring in my neck of the woods. I have lived in WA. all my life and I have never backpacked in the Olympics. I do all my adventures in the Cascades.
I've been by there twice but never was able to hike it! Wasn't with 'hikers' at the time. Maybe some day! So excited you took this trip! You two are amazing and fearless to hike the places you do! What beautiful photography/video's! Seriously awesome views! Thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful hike, I am so glad you had a ice day for your birthday. I can't think of a better way to celebrate than in the backcountry with those views!!!
Actually, the park is in the second year of the third attempt at ridding the park of the goats. They were snuck into the Olympics in the 1920s and are damaging the alpine ecosystems and becoming quite a nuisance as they love the salt in our urine. A man was actually gored to death a couple years ago at a popular climb.
Cat....great to see you and Christine back on You Tube with a new adventure. The PNW is such a beautiful area. My parents and brother live in Oregon so Im up that way every so often. Those two baby goats were just way to cute ! This was one hell of a great way to spend a Birthday (25 ?)....looking so forward to seeing more of this years adventures from you....and Christine... LOL you two....Happy Trail to you both
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures CAT...Question...I f I wanted to send you something....do you have a home base where you pick up any mail that may have been sent to you? If so, how often do you pick your mail?
It is so beautiful!! My next backpacking trip video is also from Washington. 30 of the 44 miles we did on the PCT. Very beautiful, as well. Stay tuned for that.
So much of this video excited the science teacher part of me!! So awesome to see the glaciers and the alpine lakes. Your pics were awesome, even if you didn't have the big lens. The momma goat and little ones were soooo close! Awesome!! Really enjoyed this one.
Great hike girls ,,, beautiful scenery and contact with wildlife , Wow !! ...... Across the meadow for the bears is close enough for me....You both have become so comfortable on trail ' it's good to see.......Thank You for sharing..................Stay Safe and God Bless.............
Great coverage of Olympic National Park. I've only enjoyed day trips there to Hurricane Ridge. You actually had some reasonably clear skies. Enjoyed the close encounters with the deer and the mother and baby mountain goats. Beware of the male rams there; they have been known to chest-butt people just walking the trails.
Hi Cat, hi Christine👋 wow, you two took in the most breathtaking views😍. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY Cat! Amazing, the greenery, the lakes, the rivers and the wild life, just beautiful!
This video brings back memories for me. I've hiked into the Olympics a number of times going in from the west, north and the east, including a climb of Mt Olympus and Mt. Anderson. On one hike in the vicinity of Seven Lakes Basin I awoke one morning to a trio of mountain goats looking in the open end of my tent. They spent an hour walking around my camp site, That was really cool. The Olympic Mountains are really spectacular. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing this Wonderful Adventure! Absolutely Beautiful! Happy belated Birthday Catherine! So happy your Niece was able to take on this Adventure with you too! 💕
Green green green everything it green up there. So much of a deference than down here In So. CALI. love you for sharing your adventures. You have definitely changed since when you started with the Sierras your old stomping grounds. Be safe have fun.
Boy this brings back memories. After graduating from HS in 1973 me and another guy started at the Sol Duc and hiked across the Bailey Range ending up at Lake Quinalt. Stayed at Heart Lake the first night. It was pouring down rain. Great video!!
👍👍 Thanks for another world - class vidio Cat. Great way to celebrate your birthday. There is an another trail system to the north in central Vancouver Island called Cathedral Grove, it has lots of giant trees as well, a must see if your on the island.
Ah... the skeeters! I did that loop a few years ago, staying my first night at Heart Lake. When I first walked into sight of the lake, I spotted two campers running fast across the hillside above the lake where the campsites are located. It turned out that they were sprinting back to their tents to escape the hordes of mosquitoes. I soon entered 'the cloud myself - unbelievable, even worse than those in the Beartooth or Yellowstone in mid-summer. It was still early in the day but I spent the remaining hours of daylight hiding in my tent, reading, dozing and watching goats on a nearby peak. Luckily, the swarms died down after dark and I was able to cook and eat without bother. I was up and gone early the next day, wishing that I had gotten a permit for the site on the High Divide that overlooks the Hoh River drainage. That was one of the most beautiful bp trips that I've ever done, comparing well to some that I've done in Glacier, minus the grizzlies. I think that the most undesirable job in the National Park Service must fall to those poor souls that are tasked with carrying out the 'pyramids of doom', aka the boxes that serve as toilets at Heart Lake. I'd have to be paid an awful lot of sunsets to make up for doing that task :D
Just watching this because my husband and I are going to be hiking the Olympics this year on my birthday (which happens to be June 30th!) Great video! Thank you!
Wow Cat....what a great trip....great views...good company....I really love the way you explain where youre at....so many people make it a big secret...like that way nobody will ever go there or something....why video and show beautiful places to go then keep its location a big secret....thanks for sharing....stay safe out there Cat .....BTW...HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
So glad you were able to make it up there & enjoy more of what olympics has to offer! I did it about this time last year, one of my fav in WA! If you get a chance to make it to hurricane ridge the whole area is stunning! Grand valley up there offers an easy bp. Happy hiking from Glacier! edit: & Happy birthday
Great job of capturing the majesty of the park! Beautiful video and stills that are sure to inspire those viewing to strongly desire to experience the wonder themselves... Thanks for sharing. As well, kudos to your niece. :)
I can totally relate not having a better place to spend your bday than in the wilderness. And I'm a June baby also! Makes sense lol. June 1st that is. Happy Bday. Can't wait to see more adventures
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Happy Birthday, Catherine!
This video is a great remedy for the quarantine blues. Well done!
Awesome closeup of mama and her kids.
Thanks for the peaceful views. I did a day hike in the Solduck Falls area back in September 1995 and it was beautiful...
Thanks for taking me on this great hike. It was a great video but the still photos at the end were perfect.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Just watched this hike and saw you mention and film Morgenroth Lake. I went to grade school with a Tim Morgenroth in Seattle in the 60's. The lake was named after his grandfather way back in the 1920's when he was mapping the area for the park service. So cool to see it in your video.
I have never seen better footage of momma goat and her kids in my life...thank you!!
Happy Birthday Catherine National Park Olympics is Great 👍🥰 🥳
So happy to see you with your niece, especially in bear country, she's more comfortable on camera then in the past, she's looking good. Tell her we love to see you two out there together. Great video, thanks as always..
This channel deserves more likes.
Thank you!
Another beautiful and very relaxing video Catherine, thanks so much
2 beautiful gals in the wilderness. Dosent get any better than this. Another great video. Your videos make me smile. Beautiful......Thanks Catherine.
Awe...thank you!!
Catherine it's good presentation . really we enjoy with you . my love & blessings to you.
Thank you so much.
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures my blessings to you my lovely daughter.
Such a beautiful hike. Thanks for sharing. Reconfirms why I love the northwest so much.
I loved this trip too!
Great hike girls!! Thanks for taking us along. Beautiful!!!
The Olympics are amazing to hike into. I live near the southern end of the park and I never get tired of the hikes. Have a great time and I enjoy those videos and photos.
Thank you so much David, There's so much to explore here in Washington!
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures I would offer to buy you a cup of coffee if you were still in the area. Have a blessed day!!!
Stunning views. So happy to see Christine hanging with you.
It was wonderful having her here Loran!
Lovely hike thank you for sharing it with us.
Absolutely stunning I can't believe she's your niece you don't look that old you're looking great some of those Meadows look like paintings and you're right too much Beauty for a one-day hike you make a lot of good decisions on your hiking I can tell you're experienced at it
Thank you! I became an Aunt at a young age. I agree some of the scenery looks like a painting.
Hello Catherine, Magnanimous! There are decades between the use of that word, but it has found a use here. Thank you for lifting me to the Olympics with you. I will share a short story of my first hike in Alaska some years ago... My Girlfriend and I arrived in Sitka in March for the first time and she began her new job as a trauma nurse for the local indian health services hospital. I am a carpenter and had to find work too. Well, our first weekend came and we decided to take a hike up to "Thimbleberry Lake", such a nice name it had to be a good place to hike up to. I had worked the day before baking and cooking for our hike... Southern fried chicken, biscuits, honey butter, brownies... the works. I packed a back pack with fishing gear, all the food and camera stuff. Saturday morning we drove a short way out of town and pulled over at the trail head. We climbed the steep path to a beautiful lake half covered in the previous winters ice. I had brought my fishing rod, and was so happy after crossing country all the way from North Carolina to Alaska, to be fishing in a high country lake ... we enjoyed the views, I enjoyed trying to catch something and eventually looked down to see what kind of tracks were in the mud around the lake... Brown Bear Tracks. Hungry , grumpy, huge Alaskan brown bears had been there so recently, the water in the tracks was still murky! I was standing there, with a backpack full of biscuits, honey butter and fried chicken! Catherine, the tracks were so big, I could put both of my size 12 boots in one track! We had our picknick in the car! Live and learn.... I love your adventures as you so nicely tell them. Smiling, George.
Another awesome story. I love your stories. Thank you so much for taking the time to share them with me.
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures You are welcome Catherine, Perhaps one day, we will hear each others stories across a campfire . Its a wonderful life and such nice things are possible. Either way, know that I enjoy your stories too. Smiling, George.
Hi Catherine & Christine: Enjoyed hiking along vicariously on your backpacking adventure to 7 Lakes Basin Loop. Marvelous scenery, amazing footage of the mountain goats, Mule-tail deer, etc. I've lived in Seattle, WA almost 40 years, hiked and camped Rialto Beach, Cascades, Mt Rainier, Pasayten-Okanogan Wilderness Trail via llama packing. My favorite is Rialto Beach on the Olympic coast. Large silver driftwood, cobblestones, seastacks, Douglas fir, various wildlife. I'd highly recommended it. I've enjoyed your other adventures (just discovered you last night). I look forward to many more. Jenny :-)
Thank you for visiting my channel Jenny! So glad you are enjoying the videos.
Glad I found this video, as we have a panoramic view of the Olympics from our back yard. You went places we were not able to go, other than taking a flight over a few years back. Very impressive & beautiful. Love the scenery & wildlife of course. ♥
My 7 yr old Granddaughter is visiting us in CT this month and she was born in Washington (her dad is in the Army and they relocated to North Carolina when she was a baby). After seeing the video and squealing at the Mountain Goats, I had to promise to take her hiking there! Beautiful video!
So cool that you could hike with your niece. I find this hard to say, but this is one of my favorite videos so far. I’ve liked them all, but the huge trees and foliage are just so beautiful. Living though your lens. Thank you.
Stunning views Cat and unbelievable wildlife. Looked stunning on my big screen. Awesome trip!
Thank you so much 🙏!
Great hike. Nice shots of the lakes,glacier and falls.
Many Happy Returns, Catherine! what a great way to celebrate!
Thank you Gary!
Doing this same loop with my wife in a week, although our trip is a bit more ambitious with a strait through one day to lunch lake and a four night stay in the basin. Beautiful area, last year I did a through trip from boulder hot springs to Appleton pass, Appleton to lunch lake, lunch lake to happy four and finished out through to the hoh station. That was a butt kicker. The seven lakes loop is a chill, beautiful trip. Thanks for the trip report.
If you go counterclockwise, I think that'll be less miles to Lunch Lake than clockwise. Have a wonderful trip! The wildflowers are amazing right now.
Beautiful. Grew up in Seattle area although never hiked much.....Snoqualmie Falls and other more readily accessible stuff. Loved the Islands and Puget Sound area and spent a fair amount of my time as a child on a couple of them. Dearly miss the area. TY for taking us along.
I just love Washington and it's wilderness. Thanks for coming along!
Great hike, beautiful views, nice camera work. Live your videos! Your friend in Pennsylvania. Bob
So cool to have those animals up close
Beautiful. Lush green of the forest and stunning mountains. Goats were a bonus. Glad you could celebrate your birthday with family. Adventure on!
Thank you Tammy!
Listen to the birds chirping and the creek running. So relaxing and peaceful. Good for your health.
Wow. The shot with the goats is absolutely amazing. To think that I used to chase them around with with a rifle. I hope that there is a place setting for redemption in middle age
Happy belated Birthday. What a special time to spend it with family doing something you both enjoy. What beauty.
Thank you so much Taresa!
Spectacular views and photos/videos! Hope ur niece enjoyed it!!
Thank you! Yes, she did.
I hiked here about 7 years ago with my Nephew. We stayed up above Round Lake near Lunch Lake also. Also camped a Heart and Deer Lake. We hiked opposite direction from you. Deer Lake, Lunch Lake and Heart Lake. We hiked to all the lakes in the basin. We watched a Bear down in the basin also.
Great video. Beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.
Thank you!!
Thanks for filming this Cahtherine . I really miss the Olympics and the rain forest.
Great video. We all enjoyed it here, keep up the good life.
Mosquitos looked huge! Loved the mountain views!
What a great wild life adventure love it. You know you have that crooked Elvis smile. I like it👍 Keep the adventures coming☺
Thank you!!! Yes...I’m aware of my crooked smile. lol
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures it's nice☺
Hey CATH - very nice VIDEO, and just wanted to say - I am proud of you and what you do, and how you respect yourself at this time of your life, Wish there were alot more Women like you -who take care of themselves - I Appreciate it
Thank you so much 🙏!
Nice video' You got some really nice shots and saw plenty of wildlife. Looks like it was a great trip. Enjoy & be safe out there!
Thank you Dennis! The wildlife encounters enhanced the trip for sure.
We enjoyed your video. I believe you did some with my own frontier. We will also be watching yours. Thank you
As usual a great video Waiting four more years for retirement to see all the great things are experiencing.
Thank you Terry!
Happy Birthday Cat Ballou!!!!! Nice to see your niece and also that she was with you on your birthday 🎂. I played golf yesterday and it was 🔥hot!!! Fairways were steaming hot lol. So for me to get up and see this refreshing hike in the cooler weather with rain just revived me somehow. Loved every bit of the video and I love the shorter hikes so you have time to enjoy yourself and new locations. When I saw that it was going to be a 3 day adventure I purposely made the Tj's instant coffee to drink while watching....it was a 2 cup video lol. Thanks Again.
Haha! Thank you Mike! I'm splurging this morning with some Starbucks Sumatra grinds from the French Press!
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures ........Ohhhhh.....that is a great choice! Bold enough flavor for a latte etc.
I did some camping near Ho River and short hikes when I visited Olympic, the moss on the trees creates a sensation like no other, as you said enchanting. Really enjoyed this I know you loved having your niece to hike with. Love the easy trail days with excellent camps! And Happy Birthday to you.
Thank you Sondra! Loved having Christine.
Wow , it rains in the Olympics. Good to see you exploring in my neck of the woods. I have lived in WA. all my life and I have never backpacked in the Olympics. I do all my adventures in the Cascades.
I haven't backpacked the Cascades yet, but I want to.
Its so darn beautiful. like always love your videos. thank you
Glad you enjoy the videos Liam. Thank you.
The best gift to receive is sharing a hike with a friend 😃
I've been by there twice but never was able to hike it! Wasn't with 'hikers' at the time. Maybe some day! So excited you took this trip! You two are amazing and fearless to hike the places you do! What beautiful photography/video's! Seriously awesome views! Thanks so much for sharing!
Another Well Done Adventure Video. Thank You Much For Having Me Along. Stay Safe, 🙏👍
Beautiful hike, I am so glad you had a ice day for your birthday. I can't think of a better way to celebrate than in the backcountry with those views!!!
Thank you so much Cynthia! ❤️ Btw...my next video is from a trip I just finished with Joey. He’ll be making a video from that trip also.
Great video from a wonderful area and trail 👍🌺
What a nice fun hike! Perfect!!
BREATHTAKING VIEWS !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! HOPED YOUR WISH CAME TRUE ! BE SAFE! HAVE FUN! GOD BLESS YOU BOTH ALWAYS ! ENJOYED!
Thank you David!
Wow!..the mountain goats were so awesome!..love all the waterfalls
Actually, the park is in the second year of the third attempt at ridding the park of the goats. They were snuck into the Olympics in the 1920s and are damaging the alpine ecosystems and becoming quite a nuisance as they love the salt in our urine. A man was actually gored to death a couple years ago at a popular climb.
Cat....great to see you and Christine back on You Tube with a new adventure. The PNW is such a beautiful area. My parents and brother live in Oregon so Im up that way every so often. Those two baby goats were just way to cute ! This was one hell of a great way to spend a Birthday (25 ?)....looking so forward to seeing more of this years adventures from you....and Christine... LOL you two....Happy Trail to you both
Thank you Randy!
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures CAT...Question...I f I wanted to send you something....do you have a home base where you pick up any mail that may have been sent to you? If so, how often do you pick your mail?
Awesome ladies in an awesome landscape.
Thanks so much!
Awesome. Happy birthday. 🎉🎉🎂👍👍👍.
Thank you!
Stunningly beautiful scenery! Really enjoyed seeing the beauty of Washington and all of that wildlife. Thanks for taking us along!
It is so beautiful!! My next backpacking trip video is also from Washington. 30 of the 44 miles we did on the PCT. Very beautiful, as well. Stay tuned for that.
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures Looking forward to it!
Thankyou Catherine.a beautiful trip, God bless you
THAT WAS AWESOME THE MOUNTAIN GOATS JUST CAME RIGHT BY YOU BOTH WITH OUT ANY FEAR.
Isn't that something? I felt like she communicated with us through her eyes letting us know she needed to get her babies down that trail.
So much of this video excited the science teacher part of me!! So awesome to see the glaciers and the alpine lakes. Your pics were awesome, even if you didn't have the big lens. The momma goat and little ones were soooo close! Awesome!! Really enjoyed this one.
Glad you enjoyed it Fred. Thank you!
Wonderful videos and loved the goats!
Great hike girls ,,, beautiful scenery and contact with wildlife , Wow !! ...... Across the meadow for the bears is close enough for me....You both have become so comfortable on trail ' it's good to see.......Thank You for sharing..................Stay Safe and God Bless.............
Thank you Sir! Yes, I believe we have grown in confidence and experience. :)
Beautiful Country! HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Thank you Richard.
thank you, as always! happy birthday. the mountain goat shot was amazing....as was, of course, the territory. happy trails and keep safe.
Thank you Marian.
Great coverage of Olympic National Park. I've only enjoyed day trips there to Hurricane Ridge. You actually had some reasonably clear skies. Enjoyed the close encounters with the deer and the mother and baby mountain goats. Beware of the male rams there; they have been known to chest-butt people just walking the trails.
Hi Cat, hi Christine👋 wow, you two took in the most breathtaking views😍. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY Cat! Amazing, the greenery, the lakes, the rivers and the wild life, just beautiful!
Thank you so much Tammy!
This video brings back memories for me. I've hiked into the Olympics a number of times going in from the west, north and the east, including a climb of Mt Olympus and Mt. Anderson. On one hike in the vicinity of Seven Lakes Basin I awoke one morning to a trio of mountain goats looking in the open end of my tent. They spent an hour walking around my camp site, That was really cool. The Olympic Mountains are really spectacular. Thanks for the video.
Awesome video of the goats have enjoyed your videos
Happy birthday! I just spent mine, July 6th backpacking also, what an excellent way to spend a birthday!
Thank you! Happy Birthday to you, too!!
Thanks for sharing this Wonderful Adventure! Absolutely Beautiful!
Happy belated Birthday Catherine!
So happy your Niece was able to take on this Adventure with you too! 💕
Thank you so much Wendy!
Green green green everything it green up there. So much of a deference than down here In So. CALI. love you for sharing your adventures. You have definitely changed since when you started with the Sierras your old stomping grounds.
Be safe have fun.
Thank you so much Paul. The Sierra will be getting some love from me this year, too!
Boy this brings back memories. After graduating from HS in 1973 me and another guy started at the Sol Duc and hiked across the Bailey Range ending up at Lake Quinalt. Stayed at Heart Lake the first night. It was pouring down rain. Great video!!
Thanks so much. Glad it conjured up some fond memories. There is still so much more to explore in Washington!
What a gorgeous way to celebrate your birthday! From super old forest to open spaces and pines. Thanks for this fabulous video.
👍👍 Thanks for another world - class vidio Cat. Great way to celebrate your birthday. There is an another trail system to the north in central Vancouver Island called Cathedral Grove, it has lots of giant trees as well, a must see if your on the island.
Thank you Paul! I'll research those trails on Vancouver.
Cat that was truly awesome. Thanks for taking us with you. Stay safe.
Thank you!
Great video, thanks for sharing! Hiked that loop many years ago and the mosquitoes were brutal! But the sights make it more than worth it
Ah... the skeeters! I did that loop a few years ago, staying my first night at Heart Lake. When I first walked into sight of the lake, I spotted two campers running fast across the hillside above the lake where the campsites are located. It turned out that they were sprinting back to their tents to escape the hordes of mosquitoes. I soon entered 'the cloud myself - unbelievable, even worse than those in the Beartooth or Yellowstone in mid-summer. It was still early in the day but I spent the remaining hours of daylight hiding in my tent, reading, dozing and watching goats on a nearby peak. Luckily, the swarms died down after dark and I was able to cook and eat without bother. I was up and gone early the next day, wishing that I had gotten a permit for the site on the High Divide that overlooks the Hoh River drainage.
That was one of the most beautiful bp trips that I've ever done, comparing well to some that I've done in Glacier, minus the grizzlies.
I think that the most undesirable job in the National Park Service must fall to those poor souls that are tasked with carrying out the 'pyramids of doom', aka the boxes that serve as toilets at Heart Lake. I'd have to be paid an awful lot of sunsets to make up for doing that task :D
I saw that campsite on the High Divide and wished we were staying there, as well. It was awesome!
This was clearly a very nice trek, elevation gain notwithstanding. Thanks for this video!
very nice video nice veiws be safe on your travels
Thank you so much Katherine God bless you 🙏🤗🤗🤗🤗
Stunning views, both in the forest and out in the alpine area. I like that you took your time in order to appreciate all the beauty.
We are doing Seven Lakes Basin in August. This video gets me pumped! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
You will love it!!!
Happy birthday a couple days ago, finally 21 good for you .God blessed you with His glorious wilderness, thanks for sharing.
Thank you Warren!
Just watching this because my husband and I are going to be hiking the Olympics this year on my birthday (which happens to be June 30th!) Great video! Thank you!
How cool is that? Happy almost Birthday!!
_What a great way to enjoy your birthday, happy birthday, Cat!_
Thank you!!!
@@CatherineGregoryAdventures more than welcome! : )
Happy Belated Birthday. You and you’re niece inspire me! Thanks for another beautiful video.
Thank you Jennifer!
Beautiful scenery and what a treat seeing those goats up close. Enjoyed the video!
I feel very fortunate we had that close encounter. Thank you Haydee!
What a beautiful birthday view! The mountains are stunning to see through your lens.
Wow Cat....what a great trip....great views...good company....I really love the way you explain where youre at....so many people make it a big secret...like that way nobody will ever go there or something....why video and show beautiful places to go then keep its location a big secret....thanks for sharing....stay safe out there Cat .....BTW...HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Thank you so much Jimbo!
Those trees need to get a room. LOL! You're funny. You're also a very good photographer.
😂😂😂 Thank you!
Good one CAT! The Olympics are a great place.
Thank you Chris. Yes, they are.
So glad you were able to make it up there & enjoy more of what olympics has to offer! I did it about this time last year, one of my fav in WA! If you get a chance to make it to hurricane ridge the whole area is stunning! Grand valley up there offers an easy bp. Happy hiking from Glacier! edit: & Happy birthday
Thank you! I've heard about Hurricane Ridge from someone else since I've been in Washington. I'll look it up.
Great job of capturing the majesty of the park! Beautiful video and stills that are sure to inspire those viewing to strongly desire to experience the wonder themselves... Thanks for sharing. As well, kudos to your niece. :)
Thank you so much Coach! Hope you are doing well.
I can totally relate not having a better place to spend your bday than in the wilderness. And I'm a June baby also! Makes sense lol. June 1st that is. Happy Bday. Can't wait to see more adventures
Thank you John!
You ladies are amazing! I love this video.
Thank you!
Fantastic backpacking trip, thanks for the adventure especially for the wildlife!!
Thank you both for taking me along this virtual journey in my "back yard". Excellent content and editing. A+