Olympic Peninsula 6-8-13

Family came this way for my youngest's graduation yesterday, so it was only fair we take the ferry that way today for my cousin's birthday!  : )  It was a breezy partly cloudy day, but still nice and a ferry ride is always fun.  Once there it didn't take us long to end up on the beach for some lowtide shenanigans, like uncovering shore crabs and digging clams.

 

Northwest bounty:

Dave took most of these, as I was all wet and sandy and muddy and busy digging around in the salty muck.  While we were on the beach a bald eagle flew over and landed in a nearby tree where there was another bald eagle perching already.

My sister, Rose, spotted these herons on the beach and caught them on my camera.  They are so huge!

While we're spotlighting some of our feathered friends, here is the cute little swallow that is nesting over my Mom and Aunt's door on their porchlight.  It didn't seem to mind dogs and people going in and out, but when a crow landed in the yard it continuously dive-bombed it.

We had a nice fire along with our delicious barbeque, but fire is an adventure that Cedar does not want part of.  He hid behind this flower pot.

On the way home we stopped by Point No Point Lighthouse.  It was nearly sunset and was gorgeous there!  Lovely sandy beach and pretty lighthouse all planted with colorful flowers.

Mount Rainier was "peaking" up over the bank of clouds to the south.

We walked along the beach and saw jellyfish there.

There is a house along the road that was the cabin of a ship.  Here Adventure Dog is checking it out.

 

Get out there and enjoy the beautiful world around you.  Get out there and leave your mark!