6/27, Saturday. Left Seattle in light rain. Road-side flowers were going strong. Blue by I-5, and yellow + white on the peninsular. Some clear cut areas on the peninsular were filled with pink fox-gloves. Nice to be out this time of the year.First stop, Spoon Creek Falls. About 2:45hr drive from Seattle. It's a 2 min walk to a view of the falls, and about 1/4 mile walk down to the base of the falls. Met just one family with a very friendly little girl. Had lunch there. By now, it was quite sunny.
On the way to our TH, stopped at Wynoochee Dam. A campground by the lake front, lots of kids swimming in the water. At one parking lot, a nice veranda with picnic tables and a clean restroom. Old photos of the dam construction are on display, as well as an area map. The dam hosts public tour regularly. Closed now for COVID-19. The reservoir is quite large. What we could see is only ~20% of the lake.
We took Pete's Creek trail to Colonel Bob. The trail head goes both uphill (north towards Colonel Bob) and downhill (south towards Humptulip River). The trail starts in lush forest. Lots of fringecup, salmonberry, yellow monkeyflower, and fern. Some purple trillion, bleeding heart still in bloom. Big devils club. Trees are not very big. Once emerged out of the trees, there's this slope covered with columbine. I've never seen so many. Oddly, the slope looked dry to me. Some wallflower, paintbrush mixed in. Then the trail levels off and goes into the woods to meet with Colonel Bob trail (from Lake Quinault) just shy of 2 mile, 3000'. Then, it goes back zigzag besides the columbine slope, with open views to the west.
The trail then goes down to Moonshine Flat at ~3 mile. Lots of avalanche lily, and purple shooting stars. A few muddy ponds. Saw 3 tents. We found a small site by Fletcher Creek. A few mosquitoes. The flat is not flat. Not a big meadow, it has ups and downs, with small pockets of muddy meadow, some filled with avalanche lily.Not enough space to eat near the tent, we scrambled up a rock and cooked there. It started to drizzle, and then rained. No more mosquito.
6/28, Sunday. Mostly sunny. Relaxed morning. I read inside the tent, waiting for the sun to dry it off a bit. Hiked up to Colonel Bob peak. More avalanche lily along the way. 
The top rock has plenty purple penstemon and white phlox. Still lots of cloud, covering some peaks in the Olympic NP. Waited for the two girls (wearing surgical masks) to leave. Had the whole place to ourselves for ~half an hour, until the next hiker came.Back to the camp to pack up. Took more photos of flowers. Hiked down. When stepping aside for a hiker coming in, I almost stepped on a little snake. We startled at each other. When passing the same two girls (day-hikers), one reprimanded us not wearing face mask. I didn't think we would run into them again, since they had at least an hour head start going down. We did encounter other day hikers coming up. Most were sensitive to this social distancing measure. None wearing masks. We step aside to let other party to go, or vice versa.
Detoured to Grays Harbor NWR in Hoquiam before coming home. Stopped on the beach by Moon Island Road next to the airport. It smells a bit because there's a sewage plant here. Right at the breach, there's always a marine breeze, smells sea. Had an early (~5pm) dinner sitting on the drift log, watching birds picking in the mud.Filled gas in Lacey. Arrived home ~7:30pm, end of scenic and relaxed weekend.
