Beach Hike

Scheduling a hike in May in the Olympic National Park always brings the risk of rain, but we caught a break. We had three days of dry weather with a fair amount of sun. On the ferry ride, I got a cute photo of the woman known as Mamurd. The hike went south from Third Beach to Toleak Point. We were surprised to find several steep places with ropes lying in the trail.By making the trip this early, we were able to find the fertile frond on a deer fern slowly unraveling.

Big tree on a small island...
Rest stops usually involved logs high on the gravel beach.
This rope climb did not have a "ladder".
Skunk cabbage in bloom.
The old guys rested in the sun after the hike into camp.
Beach scene from camp.
This limpet looked like a tiny space ship.
Live shrimp in the center (about an inch long).
Snails and muscles and barnacles...
Granddaddy and an bald eagle walking on the beach together.
Six (?) star fish, including a lovely dark purple one.
Beach scene approaching Toleak Point. We already have two of our group climbing up on that rocky "island".
Who says the Washington coast does not have blue water?
Beach scene from a bluff just north of camp.
Flowers on twin berry are another early bloomer.
Two of our group left early on the last day, but we caught sight of them from the top of a waterfall.
Beach strawberry.