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
