The Beaches

Woke up with a splitting headache this morning. Immediately went to the cooler on the porch for some day old pizza, which only made things worse. Went back to sleep when it was evident that everyone was still asleep.

We got moving around 11am and Matty cooked up some killer breakfast of home fries, eggs and bacon. After we all ate we stared to come alive and got the fire going again. It’s been windy and cold all day, overcast with some rain showers. We mustered a trip down to 3^rd beach for some hiking and saw some great sea stacks, a waterfall and some gnarly beach break.

Came back home and Kris and I headed to 2^nd beach for an hour or two. If any of you ever get a chance to come out to the Olympic Penn. And want to hit the beaches I would highly recommend 2^nd. The landscape just off the beach is amazing with sea stacks and crashing surf and the tide pooling is great. We saw three varieties of sea star, sea anemone and loads of other creatures.

We walked around for a while before heading back to the cabin and rousing Matty and Taryn out of bed. Once up the three of them went on a search for fresh salmon (this is an Indian community that thrives on fishing for food and commerce) and I chilled to do some reading. When the got back, sans fresh salmon but some home smoked salmon from a local, we all ran over to the RV park for some commando showers. In and out and clean and nobody noticed that we weren’t staying at the park…sweet!

Clean and dry and warm, I have a feeling the drinks will start flowing again. Tomorrow it’s off to the Hoh Rainforest and then staying farther south on the coast again tomorrow night. Picking up the in-laws on Saturday afternoon to head to Tofino! Can’t wait to see you guys, hope you’re in for some adventuring.