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
Ocean Spray Breaking Over Trail
I thought it looked like waves of ocean spray were breaking over this trail. Ocean Spray is also called “ironwood” because the wood is so hard. NW native peoples used the wood for such things as arrows and harpoon shafts. It was also used as nails in carpentry before iron was available. It is common from sea level to mid elevations in the Pacific Northwest.
Sunlight on Last Year’s Ocean Spray
It’s still winter (we got snow on February 27th), but we are all looking forward to spring and the blooms of wild and domestic plants. (the snow smashed my crocus) But there’s still some reminders from last year’s summer blooms, like this remnant ocean spray that was catching some sunlight through a gap in the tree cover.