This is looking north along the beach from the Kalaloch Lodge property in Olympic National Park. It’s a very popular spot, year round. I love to go and walk the beach and listen to the waves rolling in.
Beach Walk
Point Wilson
Point Wilson is located in Port Townsend within the boundaries of Fort Worden State Park and sits on the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula, where the Strait of Juan de Fuca meets Puget Sound, an area also known as Admiralty Inlet. The buildings are in need of repair … badly needed paint and the repair of other damage due to years in the weather. Below is a shot just a few feet away, on the beach, showing a lean-to that has also fallen into disrepair. No one is collecting money for the repair of the lean-to.
These shots were taken with my Pentax 643N using Portra 400 film.
Driftwood on the Beach
The central coast of Washington is a prime location for driftwood. The rivers coming down from the Olympic Mountains carry a lot of logs that have been washed out of the forests. In addition, all the logged off areas also generate a lot of drift when the heavy rains wash logs off them. They certainly provide an interesting texture to the shoreline. Since this section (at least) is part of the National Park, the drift remains for the next big storm to move them along the beach.