The following (and above picture) were all taken in one 24 hour period...

We started our Tuesday with some Frisbee on the lawn and then headed to the visitors center to pick up a camping permit for beach camping! But before heading to the beach we had a few sights to see. We stopped at Crescent Lake for some sun tanning and swimming. If you swim a small ways out into the lake you can see 50 feet of clear water beneath you. Charlie, thrilled that this was the clearest lake he had ever seen, was brave enough to open his eyes under the water and was greeted with fish and lake creatures. Thank you Kayla for recommending this spot!!

Although tempted to check the availability at the Crescent Lake Lodge, we headed to the Sul Duc Waterfalls! A brief hike dropped you off at a wooden bridge peering down on the falls. Although gorgeous and certainly PAP worthy (pole areal photography), the experience was dampened by the hundreds of biting flies!! Each of us lost a small chunk of our deltoids to the flies that day, but Charlie got some cool pictures to make up for it:


Finally off to the beach, camping gear and bear box in hand (although there are no bears on the beach, only raccoons and chipmunks) . After a trudge through drift wood and some dancing with the rising tide, we were delighted to come across the BEST CAMPSITE IN THE WORLD!!!


The site was located in an area known as Hole in the Wall and wonderfully furnished with an epic ocean side view, camp fire ring, drift wood tables and easy access to tide pools and wilderness trails.


Awesome Rocks Lining the Beach:



Beautiful Sunset view of our :


Becca Cooking Dinner on our Driftwood table:
Couscous and Black Bean Delight!


Gorgeous Sunset:

Hole in the Wall!



Tide Pools!
We spent the morning exploring tide pools packed with sea anenomes and sea stars. Although very excited about the sea life, we were hoping for an octopus as the area is known for its extra large octopi.

After tide pools, coffee, oatmeal and peaches we started the trip back, promising each other that we would come back one day. The tide was getting pretty high so we had to time the waves just right.

We made it back pretty dry with enough time for pole aerial photography of drift wood. And we were off in search of the Rain Forest ..........