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A Few Days at the Beach

Last month, I got to spend my birthday at the beach. It was my first overnight trip since I returned from Montana in mid-October. A change of scenery is always a good thing. Even if the weather was less than ideal. There was more than one instance of sideways rain. We took lots of books.

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Scenes from the Beach

It was a good trip.

The kite surfer looked like he would fly away each time he went airborne. Ken fished for surf perch and caught one and everyone agreed that he didn’t need to do that again.

We’re here to help
A murder of crows
Belted Kingfisher
Moclips River

Beach Dogs

We spent much of last week out on the coast for a long-planned clam digging vacation. Four of our friends joins and so did Red Molly. That was before Social Distancing became the big thing. However there were few people at the beach so the six of us were socially distanced from everyone else. I do not have any photos from the clam digs, except on my phone, nor do I have photos of any of the wonderful meals that we shared. You can just imagine it. While we were very active, I doubt if anyone lost weight on this trip. Clam digging went well the first two nights and was harder the third night with a light rain and the last night we had wind. But still, we got a lot of clams and will enjoy them from the freezer for months to come.

But for now, here are photos of dogs on the beach.

Days at the Beach

We went out to the Washington Coast to dig razor clams at the end of last month. Clamming was good the first three nights (yes, clam digging at night, in January) but then it slowed down for us. Still we managed to eat lots of them. I even made razor clam ceviche for the first time (yummers!) and we brought some home for the freezer. It was a good time.

During the day, we enjoyed long walks on the beach and Ken did some fishing for surf perch. The first two days we had some sunshine and a little bit of rain and then the last two days, it just rained. Oh well. It was January on the coast. We tried to see the Blue Moon Lunar Eclipse but a thin and then a thick overcast mostly obscured it.

She has two balls in her mouth.
Luna gets her ball and then gives it to Sky to return to be thrown again.
I found it. You throw it.
Despite warnings of landslide danger, they keep building on the bluffs.
The tiny town of Pacific Beach in the distance
Razor clam shell
Kelp
This dead bird was small, robin-sized and had blue webbed feet. It might be a Cassin’s Auklet but I don’t know for sure.
Washed up on the beach
Crossing the creek
A splash of color on the beach
Young Bald Eagle scavenges on the beach with some crows in the rain.
limpet
I love this rock

Days on the Beach

We spent most of last week at the beach.

One of my favorite scenes
Sand shrimp make good fish bait but first you have to catch them.
Dogs help with fishing
Ken flew his kite
Beach erosion. This used to be an easy level walk. Now it’s a ten foot drop to the beach.
Highly erodable cliffs.
And yet, they keep building.