On to the Olympics (Peninsula)!!!

Quinalt Lake, Washington

The weather forecast promised sunshine on the Olympic peninsula beginning late Wednesday through Friday.  Still hoping to catch those elusive tidal pools, we headed to one of our favorite campgrounds, Willaby Campground on Quinalt Lake.  We were even more happy to find campsite #14 ready for our arrival.

We stopped at the ranger station for tidal information.  To our chagrin, the ranger told us that because the moon is waning, tides would be much less dramatic than usual.  Still, with the sun shining, we left camp with excitement the next morning, heading to Beach #4 and Ruby Beach to shoot tidal pools.

We arrived at Beach #4 at lowest tide.  I took amazing photos at this site in 2011.  Not today.  The lowest tide revealed only a fragment of the wonderful world between land and sea.  Roxanne, however, made the steep half-mile trail up and back wonderfully well.

On to Ruby Beach... and again, only a small colony of sea anemones were visible... and I had to dash between waves to get them.  Heavy sigh...