We left Oregon where we were planning to do some hiking and backpacking around mount Hood and headed for the coast of Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. We left because of the hot weather in Oregon and the cool weather along the Washington coast. It was great on the coast with temps between 75 and 45.
We started out camping along the coast at South Beach just south of Kalaloch Lodge. The campground is just a big gravel lot with grass edges and a grass center strip with picnic tables and fire rings sitting on bluffs overlooking the ocean. We were lucky and got the first site in the campground that was higher (which meant windier ) but was separated from the nearest site. The waves roared all night and sleeping was wonderful.
One day we walked at the Hoh Rain Forest on the Hoh trail. The trail starts in the rain forest with big trees and ferns ending up on Mount Olympus at a glacier. We just walked the rain forest before the climb. Going all the way up was a multi day backpack.
We started out camping along the coast at South Beach just south of Kalaloch Lodge. The campground is just a big gravel lot with grass edges and a grass center strip with picnic tables and fire rings sitting on bluffs overlooking the ocean. We were lucky and got the first site in the campground that was higher (which meant windier ) but was separated from the nearest site. The waves roared all night and sleeping was wonderful.
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| View of our camp from the ocean |
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| Exploring the beach. Huge weathered logs along the beaches. |
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| A driftwood bridge at Beach 4. |
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| Beach 4's tidal pools were wonderful - full of star fish and anemones - very colorful. |
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| Razor clams and other bivalves on the rocks. |
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| Low tide is when we could walk out in the rocks to find these tide pools but knowing when the tide is coming in is important and don"get caught out too far when it starts. |
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| Lots of people on the beaches enjoying the low tide. |
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| I wanted to join these folks - it looked like they had come to spend the day on the beach and were set up for it. |
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| Susan heading back to the trail up and to the truck from beach 4. |
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| On the way to the drift wood bridge was this interesting rock view. |
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| A reminder that we are on the Pacific coast and these things can happen. |
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| Our closest neighbor in the South Beach camp - a retired navy man hanging out on the coast. |
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| Our camp with the fire going and wine available. These are the last photos of our little sling light chairs that we purchased in the 80s and took backpacking with us many times. Soon after these photo the wind blew the chairs into the fire and toasted them while we were visiting Hans - the retired Navy man. |
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One day we walked at the Hoh Rain Forest on the Hoh trail. The trail starts in the rain forest with big trees and ferns ending up on Mount Olympus at a glacier. We just walked the rain forest before the climb. Going all the way up was a multi day backpack.
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| Big ferns |
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| Susan standing below a big cedar |
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| A cedar that had fallen and was cut to clear the trail |
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| Saying good bye to the campsite |
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| Looking down into the campground |
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| Ocean view |
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