August 27-29, 2023
Took a quick two-night trip to Kalaloch Campground. This trip was similar to our previous trips here. Hikes on the beaches, collect some beach rocks, look at tide pools, etc.
Sunday:
Left home on Sunday around 11am. Stopped a couple of times. Got to the campsite around 3:30pm. Set up our campsite. Took a walk on Beach 2. It was low tide but not too low. We saw some starfish and anemones. Had salmon and a salad for dinner. It was overcast all day, but the sun did peek out at sunset.
Monday:
It rained a very small amount on Monday morning. Still overcast. It looked cold outside (typical gloomy Washington weather) but it was actually warm (low 70s). Drove up to Ruby beach, ate lunch, and hiked around. Went to beach 4 later in the afternoon and looked at the tide pools at low tide. But it wasn’t too low so not as cool as previous trips. Had pasta and salad for dinner. Walked out to the beach around 10pm for high tide (which was around 11pm). It was fun to mark the “high point” in the sand and watch the waves come even higher. We moved inland about 30 feet in the 30 minutes we were tracking the tide rise.
Tuesday:
Got up early and walked on the beach during the really low tide (-1.7 feet, yesterday afternoon’s low tide was +3.2 feet and high tide was +9.1) This was the lowest the tide got in the last 3 weeks according to the tide chart. There were a couple of sand bars that are usually under water. We walked way out on them. Watch lots of birds looking for food. Went back to bed and slept a couple more hours before getting up to pack up the site.
Drove thru Seabrook WA on the way home. This was a really cute little beach town founded in 2004. It was modeled after Seaside FL where “The Truman Show” was filmed. It looks a lot like that movie. Got home around 4pm.
Sorry, no great pictures on this trip. We took a few but it is the same content as previous trips only the pics look worse since it wasn’t sunny.
