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How much fun can you have at the beach? Since we rarely get to go, we managed to have LOTS of fun and even more fun when our friends and their dog joined us from Olympia!

 

Here’s Ken outfitted to catch sand shrimp

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There’s one!

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Up close with a sand shrimp

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Gulls are always close by, hoping something good to eat will be left behind

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Betty and Gregg join Ken in his quest for sand shrimp. The tire tracks are from people digging razor clams earlier in the day.

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Dixie wants to be part of it

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Sand shrimp are used for bait to fish for surf perch. Dixie is making sure Ken is doing it right

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Fishing

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An intrepid angler!

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Crows also wait on the beach

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Dixie is looking for one of her peeps

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Dune grass

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These volcano-like depressions are from sand shrimp

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Sand dollar

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Razor clam shell

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One of many creeks

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Another great day at the beach

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Lots of kites

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This one was attached to a log and flew by itself all afternoon

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We had fun with this kite

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At sunset, it’s time to put it away

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Gregg painted

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Betty danced

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Good times with good friends

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The end of another beautiful day!

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There are a series of numbered beaches in the Olympic National Park. I have always wondered why they did not have proper names. The beach at LaPush is First Beach. The next one to the south is Second Beach. And then there is Third Beach. Imagine that. Getting to Second and Third Beaches requires a hike through the coastal rain forest; about 3/4 of a mile to Second Beach. The great thing about that is that fewer people visit these beaches and it’s possible to have a level of solitude not available at the beaches with parking lots right next to them. And fewer distractions like litter and ATV’s.

 

Trail through the forest

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Trillium

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On the beach

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Erosion from centuries of waves

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Sea weed growing on the rocks

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Sea star and anemone

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Sometimes the sea stars are in clusters

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Sea anemones

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Mussels attached to rocks

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Ruby sands

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It’s hard to leave such a beautiful place

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We stayed for two days at a small cabin in the Quileute community of LaPush. It was cozy and had a great view of the beach.

 

I like to watch the waves, a lot.

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Buoy #2 washed up on the beach.

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It hosted a colony of tiny barnacles

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A series of waves washing over rocks

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Ken’s first attempt at fishing for surf perch.

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Quileute Needles in the distance

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A nice sunset behind James Island

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