There are four trails by our Hoh campground, and we hiked the shortest when we arrived. This morning we hiked the next two shorties, but skipped the 17 miler.
After a few miles of oohing and aahing over the trees and mosses and ferns, we buckled down Ernie and drove from the rain forest to the coast, picking up a Hitchhiker at the Visitor Center finishing up his hike. The coast has another piece of Olympic NP, it has Mora CG and Riata Beach. After picking a lovely campsite, we went off to explore Beaches!
Riata was closest, so it was first. We're on the Western shore of the Peninsula, with huge rocks / tiny islands offshore. And a long, wide pile of driftwood in a range of sizes, starting with Large, and increasing.
We then left the park once again and drove South to First Beach on the Quileute Reservation. Before the Beach, Lunch! We had a tasty meal at a shoreside restaurant before we ventured over to the beach. Where we saw a half dozen people in the water! They were clearly having fun, but we chose not to join them. We didn't want to climb over the driftwood zone so we satisfied ourselves with pictures from the parking lot. :)
Next on the agenda was Second Beach. We were lucky to find parking, and then hiked in the wrong direction to the beach. We turned around, found handfuls of salmonberries, and brought them back to Ernie. And then we noticed the path on the other side of Ernie, so we lit off for the 0.7 mile hike up and down to the beach. Another beautiful beach at the end, and this time I made it past the driftwood to the beach, but Sharon stopped halfway before we headed back to Ernie, who returned us to our campsite.
My back didn't want to do anything else, but Sharon couldn't sit still for 10 minutes before she went on a hike, returning with more salmonberries and the need for a bike ride, after which she was happy with only a short walk after dinner. Thank heavens.
Pictures are at https://photos.app.goo.gl/ugUBrnGLajWi319G7
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