I plan extensively before trips. My itineraries do have specific things I would like to do and see each day. But I have many items to choose from because life does not usually go exactly as planned. Today I wanted to visit Hurricane Ridge, but with showers in the forecast we instead opted to spend some time on the east side of the Olympic Peninsula on our way to Port Angeles. Sure, Hurricane Ridge would have been fine with showers. In fact it would have been wonderful. But we do love to hike along rivers on overcast days, so we opted to go to Staircase. We also revisited Rocky Brook Falls, which is a tad more popular than the last time we were there. Not that it was crowded. No, crowds will come later in this trip.