At the Sea Camp Dock, we unloaded three large carts of stuff and started down the trail 1/2 to 3/4 mile to Sea Camp only to get there and find someone else assigned to our site. Many of these pictures are Niki's. She is a wonderful landscape photographer!
We set up three small tents and covered them with a pool cover. Inches of rain were expected in the next day. We also had a screen house over one of our picnic tables. All food was stored in the food box on the far right. We still awoke one night to raccoons (thanks Niki, we know how to spell that now!) reaching through the screen of the box and eating my butterscotch oatmeal cookies. We ate great. We had black and blue salad one night, shish-ka-bobs the next and finally spaghetti. One night we even had homemade ice cream! Others in the campground were envious. We did have issues with solar showers. Besides leaks developing, someone stole Niki's hot water and replaced it with cold while we were hiking.
We couldn't wait to get out to the beach As soon as the campground was set up and the food was safely stored, we went out the boardwalk to the empty beach. Unfortunately, we didn't think to bring drinks or put on sunscreen before we left! We walked about ten miles total to the southern end of the island, around the tip, and back.
The beach was empty for as far as we could see in both directions. We did find out that there was a sea turtle rescue down near the jetties just before we arrived there.
It was egg laying time for the horseshoe crabs. The females were all over the beach with their bodies bent in half and their heads buried.
I found this little starfish inside a shell of water.
"Vinnie" was one of our camp friends! He didn't care that we were in camp. He just crawled right by our feet. We found out he is a yellow rat snake. The other snake I saw in camp was a scarlet king snake.
Day two was a trip to the Dungeness ruins and the inland-side of the southern end of the island. We probably hiked another ten miles on this day. We also hiked the Nightingale Trail and we looked for sharks teeth along the water's edge.
This is the entrance to the Dungeness Ruins.
And this is who we found at the ruins!
Our poor feet! The rain had started by the time we walked back into camp. We were filthy and wet.
On our last day we walked to Plum Orchard. We are sure this was 100 miles, at least, round trip. We were lucky and arrived just a a group was beginning a tour. We were invited to join their group.
I loved the fireplace at Plum Orchard. I can see sitting on the benches on a rainy, winter day while reading a book.
I found this little starfish inside a shell of water.
"Vinnie" was one of our camp friends! He didn't care that we were in camp. He just crawled right by our feet. We found out he is a yellow rat snake. The other snake I saw in camp was a scarlet king snake.
Day two was a trip to the Dungeness ruins and the inland-side of the southern end of the island. We probably hiked another ten miles on this day. We also hiked the Nightingale Trail and we looked for sharks teeth along the water's edge.
And this is who we found at the ruins!
Our poor feet! The rain had started by the time we walked back into camp. We were filthy and wet.
I loved the fireplace at Plum Orchard. I can see sitting on the benches on a rainy, winter day while reading a book.
I think we were at Hickory Hill backcountry campsite when we decided we needed to stop and treat our blistered feet for the final five or so miles back. Niki was carrying some red tape for her flashlight and it turned out to be the best wrap for her blisters. We all limped for a week after the trip!
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