Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Kalaloch - Olympic National Park

Last weekend we camped at Kalaloch. Our site (A27) was fantastic. No power, water, cable, or cell service. Just a nice private site with an amazing ocean view. How'd we get so lucky? It's because we made reservations back on February 5th.

Friday night we arrived in time for a walk on the beach. Lots of driftwood, and some rocks to explore. Then we unpacked the java logs. It was wonderful to experience the ocean sounds and the sunset from the comfort of our campfire. Saturday Dave took the bike off the trailer and we rode towards La Push. It was a beautiful day. This stretch of Highway 101 is very peaceful. We planned to hike out to Second Beach or Third Beach but there was no parking. Plus we were hungry. So we went into Forks (it was already 86 degrees) and had lunch.

We stopped at Beach No. 4 on our way back to camp. It was great... just a short walk from the parking lot. There were fishermen fishing, kids sand castling, and seals surfing. Dave even spotted an Eagle in a tree. Then I saw a 2nd one. Dave explored the tide pools while I looked for rocks.

Next we went to the Kalaloch Store/Lodge. Stocked up on ice and marshmallows. After dinner we had another fire and watched the sunset. Then I beat Dave at 2 games of cribbage.

Sunday morning we walked over to the Lodge and had breakfast while enjoying the view. Then it was one last walk on the beach before heading home.

View from Kalaloch Lodge.

http://www.visitkalaloch.com/
http://www.nps.gov/olym/pphtml/camping.html

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