My new font of Washington information, Bill, had mentioned that he and his wife Diane were staying at a RV park in Copalis which reminded me that there were several of our affliate campground membership parks in the area. So yesterday we decided to take a drive up State Rt. 109 to check out the other parks for future visits and do a sightseeing drive as well. Unfortunately, Bill and Diane didn't appear to be home, but we discovered their campground had a great view of the Pacific and so would definitely be on our list of campgrounds to try. We headed north out of the campground and pulled onto the beach near Pacific Beach State Park to check out the view there. We saw our first set of huge rock formations in the ocean, which is something I have always associated with the thought of the Pacific Northwest coastlines. It was just one lonely outcropping, however, so we continued north with the hopes of seeing more. Rt. 109 dead ends in the Quinault Indian Reservation town of Taholah and a few miles south of town we discovered a path leading to the beach and a bit of that rugged coastline we were hoping to see.
After cutting over to St. Rt. 101 and dropping off some mail at the Humptulips post office (love that name!) we circled around to Ocean Shores for lunch at the Lucky Dragon Restaurant (very good) and to drive up Ocean Shores beach to the Ocean City entrance to measure the distance of the driveable portion of the beach. While on the beach we saw some horseback riders meandering north (don't you always think of horses galloping on the beach, though?) and folks out flying kites. We also noticed the tremendous amount of fireworks debris and trash left by all the folks would had come out for the 4th of July celebration. It is a shame that people aren't considerate enough to clean up their mess after being given the opportunity to use the beach for their enjoyment. Okay, down off the soap box. From access to egress the driveable beach portion measured at 4.4 miles. I would be interested to know how accurate my "guesstimate" of the crowd was on the 4th.
