A couple more photos from my day at Kalaloch in the Olympic National Park. Being the section of coast that abuts the rain forest valleys of the park, it is fairly rare to get a sunny day outside of peak summer.
Sunny Day at the Beach
Beach at Kalaloch
Kalaloch is one of the easiest Olympic National Park beaches to access. It’s a long drive, but it’s just a short walk from highway 101. This is about low tide … perfect for beach walking. At least between streams … the stream here is Kalaloch Creek and it was running pretty deep and we opted not to get our feet wet in the icy cold water, but turned and walked the other direction.
Shore Pines and Sunset
This is along the shoreline section of Olympic National Park. The sunsets aren’t always this dramatic, sometimes they are just gray and drizzly. But when it stops raining, it can be stunning.
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.
Beach Clouds
An ocean beach is a great place to see clouds. This is the Pacific Ocean from Kalaloch. A lot of the pacific beaches in Washington are part of the Olympic National Park. I liked the rain squalls visible below the clouds. You can also see several people at the waterline. This is good razor clam digging during the typical short season (spring) … some of my earliest memories are of razor clam digging.