At this time of year there are very few campers so we practically had the place to ourselves. We managed to get the primo campsite (#106) which has a beautiful ocean view and is fairly sheltered by trees but still open enough to get stars by the million at night.
The weather was beautiful when we pulled in. We unpacked and set up the canopy and fog started rolling in (but I managed to get a couple of pictures of the view from camp before it was completely erased by encroaching fog).
It was really cool and made me think it would make a good beach bar (apart from lack of business and, of course, the wet weather for most of the year...).
Paul joined us eventually and we took a nice beach walk. We found this great driftwood tree trunk.
Oreo is quite the beach dog. As soon as he hit the sand he ran around in circles. I would have taken a picture of him frolicking but I had to wait for him to stand still because he was just a blur.
Monday we went up to the Willipa Wildlife Refuge (Leadbetter State Park?). We were planning to take a hike but a lot of the trails were closed because of nesting shore birds. The trails that were open were inhabited by swarms of insects. After a half an hour of bugs flying up our noses we decided to turn back. There are some cool Lewis and Clark trails back at Cape Disappointment and we hadn't checked them all out last year so we thought we'd hike there. Unfortunately the fog came back and it got very cold so we wimped out and just hung close to the campsite. Paul and Oreo rested up while I did the crossword puzzles from the Sunday paper.
Tuesday morning word was there was a big storm coming in. Being the weather junkie that I am, I could've stayed for that but we had to get back to feed the cat. We got back on the road around 1pm and made it home in a few hours (even with detours). Moving out of Seattle has cut a huge amount of travel time off the trips to the coast which means more impromptu trips in the future!!
It's probably a good thing we left when we did since the coast has had two and a half inches of rain in the past 24 hours and those roads wash out fast (learned that lesson last year). On the way back we flirted with the idea of feeding Frank and heading straight back out to Kalaloch or Bogachiel but common sense prevailed and we decided to plan our next trip a little more carefully. Now we're thinking that Eastern Washington may be a little more comfortable at this time of year (I am still shaking my head in disbelief that either of us is being sensible about things... wierd...).
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