Ozette Trail

The Ozette trail is a beautiful 9 mile triangle train starting out three miles through the dense coastal forest to the coast, then a 3 mile walk down the coast, and a 3 mile walk back through the forest to the trail head.  What a wonderful trail that allows so much variety.  When we arrived at Cape Alava on the first leg of the walk there were seals out on an island cloaked by the fog but making themselves known by loudly yelping and barking.  Must have been a large number out there because they were loud.  Some backpackers heading back out said that the seals never got quiet -- all day and all night.

Boardwalks on the trail over wet low areas

A whale vertebrae on the beach. Looked like either the first or last.

The trail included finding ways through fallen trees and walking through slippery rocks.  This trail works best at low tide and we made it there for a good low.

A bald eagle on a perch.

Seals hanging out on the rocks

A lot of strange rocks shaped by the ocean.

Two dead baby crabs -- looks like a dungeness and maybe a snow crab.

Ravens - maybe mating behavior on top of a sea stack

Sea otters eating as the tide comes in.

Another seal trying to stay on its rock while the tide takes it away.

There have been a large number of these Vella Vella along the coast having been blown in from further out in the Pacific.  They are jellyfish like creatures and are beautiful blue with a little clear sail on top.