Several nights at Sand Point on beach at Olympic Peninsula

[Jerry Adams]

Usually I do one trip per year to the beach of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.  I just got back from Sand Point.  Spent several nights and walked up and down the beach each day.

There’s about 1 mile of beach at high tide, 2.5 miles after 1.5 hours from high tide.  So, I’ll do one round trip for 5 miles and walk around some more to get up to 10 miles per day.

I briefly saw the rear end of a black bear as it ran away.  Paw prints of bear and racoons.  Usually I see some bald eagles but not this time.  A mouse got into my car and shredded some paper, as always happens there.  Subsequent use of snap trap yielded to result, so it must have left.

Looking at Sand Point:

Looking the other direction:

Another good place is Toliak Point.  Some details in oregon hikers field guide:

http://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/Washington_Coast_Hikes

[Ryan Tucker]

Looks pretty special.

[jscott]

Many years ago, when I was in high school, we went surfing on the Ozette reservation–I can’t remember where. It was sort of tense; Native American/white relations weren’t very good. Usually, we surfed and camped around Neah Bay,where the locals were friendly or indifferent; or just outside of Port Angeles. I still have great memories of Shi Shi beach just south of Neah Bay. We’d carry our surfboards in a couple of miles and then down a steep pitch to this wild beach.

Anyway, it looks like you had rare good weather. The beaches on the Olympic Peninsula are spectacular and unlike anything here in California; I have to get back. Lucky you!

I used to gather mussels easily off the rocks at Shi Shi, Delicious!

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