Washington Coast Beaches

While in the town of Forks, WA, we took day trips to the different beaches located along the coastine.  La Push, WA  is an Indian town on the reservation along the coast just 12 miles from Forks.  There is a marina there where all the local fisherman bring in their daily catches of fish and crab.   In the same area is Rialto Beach.
Further south along the coast  is Ruby Beach, Beach 1, 2, 3, and 4 (someone lost their imagination when naming these beaches) and South Beach.  Some of the beaches had trails that led you down a steep path to reach the beach.  I think the longest one we hiked was .7 miles (one way).  That was the same day we hiked in the rainforest.....Hey, that made it a little over 5 miles we hiked in one day.  These are some of the pictures from the beaches we visited.

Old logs litter the beaches all along the coastline.

 The sea fog hung over the area while we were there.  It would blow in and out....at times you couldn't see all of the rocks.

  

 Crab traps for the Dungeness crabs.

 Huge tree stumps along the beaches.

  

People playing on the beach make these rock stacks.

Alan tried his hand at it.....pretty good.  They stood strong!

As we were driving along the coast we saw signs pointing uphill!

We stopped to check out these blackberry bushes.   As I have mentioned before....they are everywhere.  It will be a few more weeks  before they are ripe enough to eat.  I am hoping they will also be along the Oregon coast as we go south. 

You can see how big some of the bushes are when compared to our car.

When we stopped to walk the trail to Beach 1, we saw a sign pointing to a group of trees that looked like they had huge tumors on them.

South Beach  and the South Beach Campground:

A couple we met told us about a campground at South Beach.  It is directly on the ocean and is a "first come, first serve" National park campground.  When you pull in, you find an available site, put money in an envelope, ($5.00 for the night for people with a Senior National Park Pass),  drop it in the slot and set up camp.  We really enjoyed staying the one night.....it was cold, so we were able to have a fire that evening.  

Campground filled up by the end of the day.

 The tide was out when we got there. 

                              

Our view from the motorhome.  The fog would roll in from the ocean and then clear up.

We were fortunate to have a clear sky for the sunset.