We've landed here at the only USForest Service campground that is open yet on the Olympic Peninsula. The others will open on May 16th, and we'll likely visit a few of them. This area of Washington is beautiful, and the weather (although cloudy and a bit rainy today) is supposed to be really nice for about a week. The area is loaded with forest hiking trails, and we plan to do as many as we can while the weather holds.
Seal Rock campground is right on the water, with a rocky beach that is known for its oysters. The shells are all over the rocks, and many people come here to harvest them, sometimes eating them right here on the spot. There are no hook-ups at the campground, and it is so heavily forested that the solar panels provide little help. That means that, although there is 4G connectivity for the internet, we don't have the juice to run our electronics for very long. I'll type fast.
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| Campsite #22 |
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| The beach, looking northeast |
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| The beach, looking south |
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| That dot at the top of the tree is an eagle |
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| And then another eagle joined the first one! |
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| Not sure what the top one said to the other, but it sure got a reaction! |
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| A beautifully shaped oyster shell |
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| An unusual seaweed |
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| A snail. Didn't see many (any!) of these down in the desert |
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| A rhododendron, growing wild |
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| A centipede that's been wandering around in the ladies room for several hours. Yes, I actually took my camera into the restroom to take a photo of a bug. |
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