We ended up at Cape Disappointment State Park near Ilwako, Washington. I was expecting it to be awful, and I was disappointed! It was great! We had two beautiful days, with the sun shining through a few clouds. This area is known to have 100 days of fog annually and wind up to 140 mph! The wonderful weather was perfect for hiking, so we hiked two trails, one to the south end's Cape Disappointment lighthouse, and one to the north lighthouse. The beach was uncrowded, and the flowers, trees, and birds were fabulous. An interesting note: we saw way more snakes in two days than we did in 6 months in the desert (7 snakes in two days versus 2 snakes in 6 months!!). We also had a great pizza at the campground's little cafe - the best pizza we'd had in months!
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| Pine cones in the making |
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| Pine cone to be, up close |
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| Seagulls |
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| Sunset the first night |
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| Rocks and ledges where the cormorants live, from the lookout at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center |
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| Cormorants, closer up |
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| A view from the hike from the Interpretive Center out to the Cape Disappointment lighthouse |
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| A fern leaf unfolding |
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| Pink pendant flowers |
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| Along the trail you can see down into this cove |
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| This cove was earlier on the hike |
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| Here's Darell at the lighthouse |
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| And here's a distant view of the lighthouse, taken from the jetty near the beginning of the trailhead |
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| Another sunset |
The next day we hiked to the north lighthouse:
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| The view from the lighthouse, to the north |
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| Darell on the trail, passing under one of the humongous sitka spruce trees |
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| This frog almost disappeared in the mud |
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| For some reason, we made this little snake mad; he was completely ready to take us on, puffing up and flicking its tongue at us! |
Today we left Cape Disappointment. It's raining, and we got to see the "normal" look of the Washington north coast: grey.
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