Sunday, May 16, 2010

Ozette Triangle - Backpacking WA Coast, pt ii


making our  way down 3 miles of the beach to sand point.

at times, hiking was slow because of trees that had washed up.



nothing beats walking along tidal pools on a brisk
washington-coastal morning!

andrea looking for starfish and other aquatic creatures in a tide pool.



at times we had to crawl over, or under, huge trees!



we were surprised by how much plastic had washed up on the beaches.
some folks created art-like scuptures next to their camps, we just
realized, and felt guilty, of how much plastic we "consume" at home.



at wedding rocks there are legended to be over 50 petraglyphs.
we only found a few, but what we saw was impressive.



this was our favorite 500 year old petraglyph!



on the coast, you always have to be aware of the tides.
at some points, the tide is so high that there are no beaches.
the above marker is a 'hedland marker.' it marks an area that
a hiker must leave the beach.


deer shouldn't be on the beach; there's nothing for them!
but we saw two! they hiked with us for a mile or so.

a typical coastal rock/island/outcropping.


at sand point and ready to leave the beach for a 3 mile hike through the
woods to our car.


andrea thought she'd be sly and sneak a kiss; i noticed it. :)
notice the hedland marker in the back ground.

we highly recommend this short hike for everyone. next time we make
 the trip we'll let folks know!

1 comment:

MyLifeOutdoors said...

looks like a great little hike. The plastic on the beach is very alarming. I'm told beaches all over the world...no matter how remote...have plastic all over them.