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Good Times at the Beach

March 6, 2014 – 1:31 pm
Posted in beach
Tagged bull kelp, crocuses, dogs, fishing, Pacific Beach, surf perch
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Last week the dogs and I drove across the state and met Ken for a few days of razor clam digging. He’d been working on the Olympic Peninsula and the timing was good for a clam season. These seasons happen about once a month between November and April on the Washington coast. In addition to clam digging there was lots of other fun on the beach. Ken fished for surf perch. His brother joined us for one night. Our friend Mary Ann and her dog Frida and her friend Linda spent two nights there. The dogs loved running and chasing balls on the beach. Sky became seriously addicted to the ‘chuck it’ toy. We had some seriously good weather for February and some normal overcast and rainy weather too.

With three feet of snow on the ground at home, these crocuses were a welcome sight.

The view from our room

One of many creeks that pour into the ocean

We had some really good weather

Clammers at sunset

Bull kelp

Northwest Crow

Surf perch

Sky is more interested in her ball than the fish

A stringer of surf perch

Luna wonders why Ken won’t throw the ball for her

A flock of peeps

Fishing for surf perch in the rain

Fun Times on the Beach

April 8, 2013 – 9:10 am
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Tagged beach, dogs, kites, photos, sand shrimp, sunset, surf perch, Washington coast
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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

There’s one!

Up close with a sand shrimp

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

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

Dixie wants to be part of it

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

Fishing

An intrepid angler!

Crows also wait on the beach

Dixie is looking for one of her peeps

Dune grass

These volcano-like depressions are from sand shrimp

Sand dollar

Razor clam shell

One of many creeks

Another great day at the beach

Lots of kites

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

We had fun with this kite

At sunset, it’s time to put it away

Gregg painted

Betty danced

Good times with good friends

The end of another beautiful day!

Road Trip

April 4, 2013 – 2:55 pm
Posted in road trip
Tagged beach, Crescent Lake, Elwha Dam, Marymere Falls, photography, Port Angeles, shells, sunset, surf perch, Washington coast, wildflowers
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Ken and I enjoy road trips. We tend to travel with lots of stuff and this trip we took the truck so we could get all that stuff packed. What kind of stuff? Photo gear. Fishing gear. Clamming gear. Birding gear. Guitar. Books. Various clothes for various activities in a variety of weather conditions. Food – lots of food along with beer and wine. It was a good tour of a big part of the state starting here in the Methow where winter was loosening its grip, across the Cascades where 40″ of snow had fallen in the previous week, to the urban world north of Seattle where we were surprised to see new snow on the ground, and then across Puget Sound where it was sunny and dare I say it, warm. We reached Port Angeles that first night.

Sunset from our hotel in Port Angeles

From PA we drove up the Elwha River to the overlook of one of the now-removed Elwha Dams.

This sign graphic shows how it looked before, during and after the dam removal. Salmon have already returned to this river above the former dam site.

Part of Lake Crescent is in the Olympic National Park. It is cold and deep.

Old Storm King Ranger Station at Lake Crescent

Marymere Falls – a short popular hike from Lake Crescent

We saw these pretty blossoms in several places. I think they are a berry – maybe salmonberry?

The Dickey River – slow moving and flat and more reminiscent of Florida than Washington

We saw a river otter

This algae covered shoe had mussels growing inside of it. I wonder how long it was in the water and where it came from. Japan? It was on Rialto Beach.