Wedneday, June 18, 2008

We left Forks at 12 pm (GA Time... 9 am PT) We arrived in Clallum Bay at12:45 pm (GA Time.. 9:45 am PT) My that was a long ride ;-D We are in Sam's RV Park... site 22. Frank paid two dollars to have cable tv :-)


We set up and I made us sandwiches... those little cooler sure are nice for a picnic lunch. We went on to Makah Indian Reservation. We stopped at the local General Store to purchase our Recreational Use Permit... $10.


Then we made our way to the Cape Flattery trail parking lot. Then we toted ourselves, cameras and tripod up the trail. The walk is 3/4 of a mile there and two miles back :-D It is a beautiful walk, but one has to keep and eye out for roots, mud and step-up and step-downs of the boardwalk. We heard bird sounds along the walk that we are not familar with... the birds so high up that we couldn't find them. There are a couple of overlooks on the pathway. Beautiful views! We saw a harbor seal swimming. At another view point we saw murrees and cormorants flying about making nest. There were starfish clinging to the rocks just under the water level. We thought we heard sea lions, but the lady at the end of the trail (a Native American named Polly McCarty whose job is to be at the final overlook to talk to tourist) said it was the pelagic cormorants making that noise.


The view from the end of the trail is magnificent. The water is so clear and beautiful. Looking to the right of the platform there is another cave with birds going in and out. We were hoping to see a puffin, but none showed up.


There is a lighthouse way out in the water. It looked beautiful through my camera lens. There was a tall ship with sails in the water... a beautiful scene. The skies were mostly blue with white clouds about and near the horizon was a pinkish cloud bank that I hope shows up in the pictures I took.


Time to go back... can't spend all day looking at the beauty of this place. On the way back we had to take our jackets off. Frank was sweating and I was glistening by the time we got back to the parking lot. It was still 54 degrees when we got back to the truck. It only took us 30 minutes to walk back.... that is stopping a few times for me to let my heart slow down. Our legs hurt, but worth every pain to see what we saw today.


We then drove to the salmon hatchery. Not much to see there this time of year. There were bunches of small frys in the tanks. While there we took advantage of a good signal and called Mama. She was still a bit goofy, but seemed to be doing okay. She said they had her up walking today.


We stopped along the road back to the village and ate our sandwiches. A beautiful view of the ocean. Frank thought he saw a whale.. but it didn't move, so just a rock :-)


We drove back to the village and stopped at the marina. The lady at Cape Flattery said there were sea lions there. We didn't see any. On the way back to the truck Frank spotted a large bird and it landed on the water's edge. We got our cameras and took pictures of a juvenile bald eagle. then more eagles showed up... a couple of adults and another juvenile. I looked behind me and there were even more flying over that direction. The neatest thing was that the flying juvenile grabbed hold of one of the adult's wings. I managed to catch it with the camera... and hope Frank did too.


We wanted to see the museum, but we only had 45 minutes before they closed... so decided not to see it.


On the way home we stopped at Clallum Bay community beach. We gathered more rocks :-D


Then to top the gas tank off in town... price was $4.85 a gallon.


We called Zarone for directions and hopefully we won't get lost tomorrow.

We traveled a whole 29 miles today... plus sight-seeing.