Thursday, August 4, 2011

Olympic Peninsula Vacation #3 - Kalaloch Beach & Beach 4

Here is the next leg of our vacation. After visiting Hurricane Hill, Sol Duc Falls, Lake Crescent, and Salt Creek, we headed around the Olympic Peninsula to the Ocean. We stayed at Kalaloch Campground, which I highly recommend. The beach is wonderful and the campground is good too. There are numerous other highly beautiful beaches surrounding Kalaloch. This trip we went to Beach 4. Isn't that a funny name for a beach? This beach is known for its tide pools. But, this year, the low tide during the day was positive 3, so there wasn't much to see even at low tide. We went there several years ago and saw tons of tide pool life. This is highly recommended. But, check your tide schedule. Even without a low tide, this beach is beautiful. And probably because of the lack of low tide, it was totally isolated. We had a great day.

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My middle girl. At our campground.

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About to go down to the beach by our campground. Kalaloch Beach.

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The water is cold on the Olympic Peninsula.

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Someone fell in the water.

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Beach 4 - Olympic Peninsula

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Sand Castle Building was in order.

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The 3 year old's sand castle. (Her Daddy actually made it.)

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Watching and waiting.

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Incoming Tide - Beach 4 - Olympic Peninsula

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Waves - Beach 4 - Olympic Peninsula

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The demise of the sand castles

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