, so you should do your best to get an early starton the journey.
The trail is fairly easy as it is mostly over wooden boards
to limit the impact caused by hikers. There trail takes you over a couple streams
,
thru tall grassy marshlands
and after 3 miles, ending at the Pacific Ocean
.
Once there, we found a pile of boat fenders
and the ocean was not quite at low tide yet
. So we left the trail
,
climbed up a sea stack and ate some lunch. While eating lunch, we were amazed at the
amount of wildlife we noticed. Two steps onto the beach I found a snake, and
later we watched these oyster catchers
taking a bath and digging for clams. Finally, I spotted some Harlequin Ducks and a sea otter
. I've also caught these guys on
video as well, the ducks are in the foreground, and the sea otter is in the
background.
After watching the sea otter, we
began the 3 mile beach hike
to sand point.
Along the way we found these
dungeness crabs
. Hiking along, we found petroglyphs
which we think we created by ancestors of the Makah Indian tribe. As we continued down the trail
we found this natural arch
in a sea stack. We were just
about to Sand Point, when we found these Bald Eagles
hanging out in the trees. I even was fortunate enough to catch a video of them flying around. Make sure you listen
closely, as you'll hear them squawking. As we left, Ellen took a
360 degree view of the shore
(big picture! Scroll Down). We left Sand Point and began the 3 mile trek back to the car, and found lots
of old growth trees.
We made it back to the car and began the very long drive home, at least this time we took an awesome detour thru Lake Crescent. Thanks to the holiday, the ferries were all packed, so we stopped for some damn good food at Gordy's Pizza and Pasta in Port Angeles and then headed to the Bainbridge Island Ferry.
This was a damn good trip, and I love hiking on the coast. If you have a lot of time to spare, I HIGHLY recommend trying this trail out.
