Monday, July 2, 2012

More Beaches

 We decided to check out a beach we never went to. 
It is called Freshwater Bay (even though it is not fresh water it is salty)
We tried to walk out to the island.  Far away it look like you could get to the island but there was a gap to big to jump.
This beach is known for calm water, birds, and sea glass.
 The island is so close but so far away.
 Lizzy is a very good climber.  She tagged along even though she could have played with her friends.  


On Saturday we went to Cape Flaggery (known for the most northwest corner of the USA except AK) out on the Makah Reservation.
We hadn't been out there since Brad and Eliza came to visit (about 10 years).
We stopped off at the museum (which was really cool).  There were lots of artifacts from Ozette Nation and the Makah Nation.  It give us some ideas of what to do with different natural things around here (like you can sharpen shell and use as an arrowhead).

 I forgot how pretty it is out there.  The water is so blue and the trees are different then in Port Angeles.  It would be really relaxing to sit and watch the boats come through the Strait of Juan De Fuca.  Not relaxing on this hike (3 kids and a dog with cliffs on the left and right!!!!)  We didn't see any wildlife that was unquie, just the normal.
 It was a fun trip to make along the coast.  It takes us about 2 hours to get to from our house.  I love to drive along the coast and see all the different formations of rocks and the wind-blowned trees.

 Isn't this a great picture of our family.  Doesn't Maggie fit right in.  She is getting better at the water stuff.  It rained the whole time we were driving so the trail was pretty muddy and had lots of streams going through it.  Lizzy keeps asking to go on it again (probably in 10 years!!!).  She loved the boardwalk feel of the trail.  Probably 1/3  to 1/2 of the hike is on boardwalk or tree stomps (the tree stomps reminded me of lily pads.  You hop from one to another so you don't get wet.)
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Thomas is constently playing the piano and the recorder.  He has sure enjoyed playing the prelude music in  primary the last couple of weeks. 


1 comment:

darcy damstedt said...

I can't believe you're all still in warm jackets. We are burning up here. That does look like fun and I love the family picture. Can I get an 8x10 when you order that?