Destruction Island

Destruction Island

from Kalaloch Campground

It almost looks like it's on fire, the sunset is so red this day.

The sunset silhouettes the island and shows the lighthouse at the south (left) end.

The rocks around the island, and between the island and the shore,

are what gave it its descriptive name.

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Kalaloch Campground

Olympic National Park

As the sun moves through the sky, so do the shadows amongst the trees.

Late in the day, the shadows from one stand of trees create stripes upon the ground and into the next stand of trees.  The sun is behind us here.

It's so interesting to watch as different parts of the forest are revealed and shadowed as the day goes on.  It's almost a different forest as each portion has its turn.

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ABC Wednesday: K is for...

A Kouple walking their Kite at Kalaloch Beach.

As they walked, the kite stayed in front of them like a tether.

Really rather Kool to watch.

Kalaloch Beach, south of Forks.

Rugged in places, but with hard-packed sand for fairly easy walking.

The tide was out, but when it is in, it can completely cover the beach.

When it's stormy, the waves can be blown up over the bluff.

This kite was being flown at Kalaloch by our camping neighbors

(see J is for Jack from last week).

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They can be really inventive!

ABC Wednesday: J is for...

... Jack,

who was camping with his owners next to us at Kalaloch last week.

Jack and his owners coming back from playing on the beach.

Most of the people we meet camping are really nice,

like Tiffany and Dave and Jack.

We enjoyed visiting with them.
OK, Tiffany and Dave, He-e-e-re's Jack!

(a little over the top? hmmm) (grin)
Jack, playing keepaway on the beach with Tiffany and Dave.

And J is for Jumping.
This group was jumping for pictures with the sunset as background.
I'm no expert, but they sounded like they were speaking German.

We get visitors from all over the world here,

and we are happy to share the beauty of the Olympic Peninsula.
They wrote the USA 10 in the sand as part of their pictures.

The adults in the group got into the act as well.

Don't you just enjoy seeing people having fun?

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Sunset at Kalaloch

Every time we drive south from Forks, we stop at an overlook of Kalaloch (prounounced klay-lock) Beach. We get out of the car and enjoy the fresh air coming in from the Pacific Ocean, the sound of waves rushing in and somtimes crashing on the edge below us. We watch the seagulls soar and swoop over the tumbling water, sometimes seeing pelicans and herons, eagles and hawks. We stand next to the berm looking down over the edge to see trees being tossed in the surf of high tide or tiny people walking on the exposed beach at low tide.
It never fails to inspire, awe, and take our breath away.

Next stop... Hawaii?

This was taken at the overlook of the beach at Kalaloch (pronounced clay-lock), on the Pacific Ocean, along Highway 101, looking west. The logs on the beach were thrown up by waves, probably during a storm since the logs are full size trees - some of them bigger than a person is tall. The beach you see is under water during high tide. We watched the logs being tossed during a minor storm, the waves rolling them over and over and knocking them together with a boom that can make you jump, piling them up. The waves come to the bottom of the cliff that is the overlook, and the spray during a storm can come up to the overlook.

We spent part of Thanksgiving driving to pick up one of our sons at the Greyhound Bus Station in Olympia. This is a stretch of beach that you can see from the highway. We pull off and stop when we make this drive for a breath of very fresh air and a blast of ocean beauty. This is only about 35-40 minutes south of Forks, and is also the home of a resort with cabins on an overlook that we will probably stay at during a storm - just to watch the storm.

The thumbnail photo shows some people walking on the beach to show how big the logs on the beach are. The thumbnail is looking to the north along the Pacific Coast, with headlands, sea stacks, and wandering beaches.