Ben
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I took this summer off to ride my motorcycle up to Alaska and do some backpacking along the way. I left in June, and after seeing some friends in the Seattle area i went to do some hiking on the Olympic Coast.
This was my best trip of the whole summer, which was a little bit of a bummer since it was the first. Every other hike fell a little short of how perfect every thing was on this one. Gorgeous sunsets every night, great weather, no rain, lots of new sights, good sense of isolation. No crowds. I loved it.
My girl friend's brother was living in Seattle then, and had a day off, so he came to spend some time at the coast with me before i started the actual backpack. We went and walked around Beach 2, and either 3 or 4 before he had to leave.
I still have my fingers crossed that too much is better than too little.
Hunter, Brittinei's brother, in the fog on the coast. It really was kind of ethereal.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 082.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 082.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36387-991b406908cfc59a63ab1dc36b5b9d6b.jpg)
Barnacles on the roots of a long washed up stump.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 092.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 092.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36388-f9a247c67f6e8ecad1c8258328483086.jpg)
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Sea foam bubbles.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 106.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 106.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36391-429fa24e7447155f209329b87266d74c.jpg)
Intact sand dollar.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 118.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 118.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36392-75a560df95683d966de4a6b2a40e38fd.jpg)
And Hunter again.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 163.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 163.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36393-6a86d6f4ec4fefb388e31a7359e91264.jpg)
Some sea birds.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 198.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 198.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36394-67e6769c0192761028fd93709983eece.jpg)
Anemones in a pool.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 200.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 200.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36395-9480eb87fcb6196c2073f92b9f41efb9.jpg)
I left Hunter in the after noon and rode the rest of the way up to Rialto Beach, across the Quillayute River from the small community of La Push. I got there with enough time left in the day to make it out near the Hole In The Wall and set up camp, about a mile and a half from the parking lot.
Here's looking at James Island across the mouth of the Quillayute River.
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Some sea stacks in the distance looking up Rialto Beach.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 240.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 240.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36397-fedfb63f0d02676ee25836f77292c56e.jpg)
Looking down the spit at the mouth of the Quillayute, James Island on the right, La Push on the left. I don't know if La Push has fire works every night, or just when i'm camped in sight of it, but this trip had fire works. Twice.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 244.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 244.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36398-5b479f59f4d0199f57f65eb51b0d975d.jpg)
James Island.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 251.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 251.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36399-0c9bf35ace50cbc91b8f8c154b33ba3b.jpg)
Looking out from Rialto Beach as the sun goes down.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 257.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 257.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36400-dfae31d75f58a75bceeea98cc45edd51.jpg)
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Some sea stacks. These ones were like four or five stories tall.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 312.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 312.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36403-dc0f238d80c863bf431cde2f1bae8f24.jpg)
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The next morning. Some times barnacles were in clusters like this.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 358.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 358.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36407-cffde6bb3b039c384db145f6f27c77e9.jpg)
I'm not sure what these guys were.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 360.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 360.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36408-5c6625b3b8da446b262c72c841559a97.jpg)
The Hole In The Wall. I walked right through it between tide pools.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 365.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 365.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36409-d931f6065515522be04fd18e87bb172c.jpg)
A marker for the overland route for when the tide is in and the Hole is flooded. Having a map and a current tide table is absolutely necessary for this trip.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 374.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 374.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36410-bb3437bd9ff9ef9dc52eb3968b742a72.jpg)
Sea star.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 379.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 379.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36411-0508ee963530918b6c42e44d30924c74.jpg)
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Anemone.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 393.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 393.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36413-6050b971774f7c9043c34088449edded.jpg)
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Looking back. James Island in the distance.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 402.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 402.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36415-4e9941f8c94a23716d32d12c19c01f60.jpg)
A snail.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 415.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 415.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36416-bb45f13a9558893f749ee3d8c9d1ce50.jpg)
An other arch where i stopped and ate lunch.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 468.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 468.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36417-fbdb369a223eefb14a7c7e2926d8e9d8.jpg)
Looking out from the first overland bypass, avoiding some impassable cliffs.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 490.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 490.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36418-09b2d1bd04c413d7d33044c0f1070a70.jpg)
The marker for that bypass.
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A washed up buoy. There were so many of these washed up here. And lots of rope also. And a pretty good amount of other trash, basically any thing that floated. Bottles, pallets, flip flops, a soccer ball, so much stuff.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 504.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 504.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36420-59d2041e32e7039e132788241538d558.jpg)
Looking back at the bypass. The tree left of the saddle is the one pictured above with the marker on it.
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An other sea stack.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 523.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 523.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36422-691c2dc693656b2d93f54df054b63c0a.jpg)
Looking down from one of the bypasses. I enjoyed these things. They were so simple, just a washed up rope tied off at the top of the climb. Made the whole thing doable.
![2015-06-18 olympic coast 529.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 529.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36423-7301e197054d81be638a565d496e94d2.jpg)
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Found this just a little higher above the beach near a camp site.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 550.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 550.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36425-d90364aa1d35a3cc218658d960a034c4.jpg)
Wilson.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 552.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 552.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36426-b7127581efd91bcae7d05cf76e58cb6e.jpg)
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Looking at an other by pass. You can see a rope, and some boards that have mostly given way.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 555.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 555.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36428-465e9591251334ce3ce395bfa7cc1d9c.jpg)
View from the top.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 561.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 561.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36429-d446aec9385032ebd71b829244131bb8.jpg)
The Norwegian shipwreck memorial.
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The beach there, low tide.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 574.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 574.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36431-b91a164e3c5483e6d410f1bc7eb44a58.jpg)
A ghostly colored slug.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 602.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 602.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36432-f8b558d61b43fc0ab620fe077959f9f6.jpg)
Near the Norwegian memorial. There are camp sites in the trees here. There is also an old abandoned trail that goes to Lake Ozette. It's very rough, and over grown, and gets lost some times. I walked out it for an hour without coming in sight of the lake before i turned around.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 603.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 603.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36433-a18aec657567e0808cdcf6152328907a.jpg)
Later.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 605.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 605.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36434-c0501e1c66c4280e6c4c28533876518b.jpg)
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I was sitting around out side my tent and i heard the strangest noise, like a jackhammer rhythm. A sea otter was pounding open a shell on it's chest with a rock.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 627.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 627.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36436-934106e88a2d333cf7cddd66a648381e.jpg)
The next day i continued up toward Cape Alava. I came across some whale bones. Vertebrae.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 651.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 651.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36437-135552170e849f2a57fbd2a907524e51.jpg)
Scapula, or shoulder blade.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 658.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 658.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36438-28134a9418bc21d17ab262eeaef7731f.jpg)
A fin.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 663.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 663.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36439-231d3e4a5e35b45c62329c12d8640420.jpg)
Vertebrae and ribs.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 666.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 666.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36440-1388b85155cea08b83b7b2552655032b.jpg)
And even the skull. You can see my shadow next to it.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 672.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 672.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36441-a1769cf97fa1c16bbf281d2e3c60e760.jpg)
More buoys. I enjoyed the color.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 673.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 673.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36442-8f9a723d18c2204571ce11cc554afafd.jpg)
Crab.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 677.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 677.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36443-769e7a24ed6eb3a3312ee5f170d86508.jpg)
An indication of just how many buoys i saw.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 681.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 681.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36444-56e611d5dea0bee59850ae3a35e6e8c4.jpg)
A rather old chain.
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One link has opened.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 689.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 689.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36446-1a86874852e59a338bed790782b9c38c.jpg)
Looking North.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 702.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 702.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36447-c614924e50af721ddb06cc3eb93328cf.jpg)
Looking back.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 711.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 711.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36448-ec7eb166067dd36716052b028b9e1893.jpg)
One of the things i really enjoyed was the mixed hiking conditions. Some times open sand beaches, some times cobbles, some times boulders. Some times exposed rock like this.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 713.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 713.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36449-a8a2d2aee5d393195c3814af2af8ebc6.jpg)
An other tunnel to pass through.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 715.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 715.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36450-e509620f5320faff1733acd212c1246e.jpg)
![2015-06-18 olympic coast 720.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 720.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36451-45d97e95fcbcd3c8922b3b7311f2d3d9.jpg)
Not uncommon to have the route look like this.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 721.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 721.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36452-6026fbae1779ae1146fd22436d07aade.jpg)
Or this.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 738.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 738.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36454-619ffb2ba4c4fa3b5ea60577e82da173.jpg)
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I think this is a petroglyph near Wedding Rocks.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 773.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 773.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36459-12a6e71f9f144ce04ff729d113e40044.jpg)
Ozette Island.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 781.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 781.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36460-3e94d262f87199dc9722ac15e55410c7.jpg)
Bodelteh Islands.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 782.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 782.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36461-967f6e6ef1d19df69c492ceaa51fa845.jpg)
Camp night three, at Cape Alava. I walked a little beyond here trying to make it to Point of Arches, but had to turn around a little short to avoid walking in the dark.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 784.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 784.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36462-d9fc078778e9d653cc17532272f6b2ba.jpg)
Tskawahyah Island, connected at low tide.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 795.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 795.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36463-7666d1304f13b38fd8cffe193589f61a.jpg)
Nice reflection in the wet sand.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 796.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 796.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36464-d80f08d2de778dff5e6a9c53d41c2d8a.jpg)
Bald eagle.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 805.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 805.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36465-d453f0a24f1ac6c66763018413627c6c.jpg)
Point of Arches is some of those distant stacks. The ridge running behind every thing is Vancouver Island.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 808.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 808.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36466-58ccec18a9bb4dc2eec86829e72e894a.jpg)
The Ozette River, an easy ford.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 810.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 810.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36467-35a58590eaab038db6ff2b64628c2fa1.jpg)
Barnacles.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 818.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 818.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36468-0fda39058a2bde5e0aa3f8825a7cf9a7.jpg)
Mussels.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 820.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 820.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36469-b829c81208c1dd8328cace3676722740.jpg)
An other small island.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 831.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 831.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36470-684e71ec84e09649747a959f218e388a.jpg)
An over land by pass.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 836.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 836.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36471-7b01326cbbcd59ace1594db71c934242.jpg)
This was as far North as i made it before i had to turn back.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 843.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 843.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36472-9172430fd8515c1449e9eed2692229d2.jpg)
I liked these boulders.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 870.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 870.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36473-35dd2b6a651e063c102400b465a1cd7a.jpg)
On the way back to camp, some islands. The point on the left is just the other side of the Ozette River.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 876.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 876.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36474-4ee3908c7eab27f2223a8ad57842e5c1.jpg)
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Looking down one of the by passes. Some were rather steep.
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The sun starts to go down as i'm walking back.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 896.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 896.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36477-47f13c0658dd6a3395366fa3d2a3a211.jpg)
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Vancouver Island on the horizon.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 914.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 914.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36479-402f5eb49e71fb52675113b7d278077a.jpg)
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The next day i start retracing my steps back to the South. Tide's out.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 937.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 937.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36481-1eb7753470416bb38bb411d46e5c425e.jpg)
White Rock. That's actually it's name.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 938.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 938.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36482-1b1d426c57a766cb6a8d581b36d885fc.jpg)
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I got here just a little late for the tide, and had to do a little bit of hand and foot on the rock to traverse above the water.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 966.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 966.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36487-5740ebe7c786de46b7626775f79073bc.jpg)
Looking back after making it past.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 973.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 973.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36488-03753fe9dcbbc5a2765a1f82e50f5590.jpg)
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I finally found the deer that had been making all the prints. I actually saw three others, a doe with two fawns.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1009.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1009.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36491-b7a28c583b3081ee0a1a80fac088775c.jpg)
Random metal relic.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1011.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1011.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36492-13bbb51ac8f735ab213ebd4e4f74c7b5.jpg)
Less sand, more rocks.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1013.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1013.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36493-4c39d1c2e009a40a3ca9d1650acf5e40.jpg)
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An other reflection.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1041.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1041.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36497-7b19a00391964ec8b4d8e2234597f618.jpg)
More cliffy islands. They're all over the place.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1042.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1042.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36498-89eca41ade2fe4b7cedc66e050dca9d9.jpg)
Hawk on a rock.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1044.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1044.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36499-af26e4040b04e25067bee74865e3f420.jpg)
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The sun starts to go down on night four.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1056.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1056.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36502-22c7c3c935d65f0ec97ab92e0f9d931b.jpg)
Late light.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1060.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1060.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36503-720cde65f0ebb851a457fc56af06fd17.jpg)
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After a final gorgeous sun set i camped on the North side of the Hole In The Rock this time. I skipped my planned camp site and walked may be 19 miles this day to be closer to out the next morning.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1095.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1095.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36507-a02594ecf01737e3bea515252ddeba5d.jpg)
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The marker for the parking lot.![2015-06-18 olympic coast 1107.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 1107.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36510-fd838d36e20e4dac45da7ab9054a068d.jpg)
Total mileage for the trip was about 53 miles over four nights.
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This was my best trip of the whole summer, which was a little bit of a bummer since it was the first. Every other hike fell a little short of how perfect every thing was on this one. Gorgeous sunsets every night, great weather, no rain, lots of new sights, good sense of isolation. No crowds. I loved it.
My girl friend's brother was living in Seattle then, and had a day off, so he came to spend some time at the coast with me before i started the actual backpack. We went and walked around Beach 2, and either 3 or 4 before he had to leave.
I still have my fingers crossed that too much is better than too little.
Hunter, Brittinei's brother, in the fog on the coast. It really was kind of ethereal.
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Barnacles on the roots of a long washed up stump.
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Sea foam bubbles.
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Intact sand dollar.
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And Hunter again.
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Some sea birds.
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Anemones in a pool.
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I left Hunter in the after noon and rode the rest of the way up to Rialto Beach, across the Quillayute River from the small community of La Push. I got there with enough time left in the day to make it out near the Hole In The Wall and set up camp, about a mile and a half from the parking lot.
Here's looking at James Island across the mouth of the Quillayute River.
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Some sea stacks in the distance looking up Rialto Beach.
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Looking down the spit at the mouth of the Quillayute, James Island on the right, La Push on the left. I don't know if La Push has fire works every night, or just when i'm camped in sight of it, but this trip had fire works. Twice.
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James Island.
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Looking out from Rialto Beach as the sun goes down.
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Some sea stacks. These ones were like four or five stories tall.
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The next morning. Some times barnacles were in clusters like this.
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I'm not sure what these guys were.
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The Hole In The Wall. I walked right through it between tide pools.
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A marker for the overland route for when the tide is in and the Hole is flooded. Having a map and a current tide table is absolutely necessary for this trip.
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Sea star.
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Anemone.
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Looking back. James Island in the distance.
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A snail.
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An other arch where i stopped and ate lunch.
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Looking out from the first overland bypass, avoiding some impassable cliffs.
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The marker for that bypass.
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A washed up buoy. There were so many of these washed up here. And lots of rope also. And a pretty good amount of other trash, basically any thing that floated. Bottles, pallets, flip flops, a soccer ball, so much stuff.
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Looking back at the bypass. The tree left of the saddle is the one pictured above with the marker on it.
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An other sea stack.
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Looking down from one of the bypasses. I enjoyed these things. They were so simple, just a washed up rope tied off at the top of the climb. Made the whole thing doable.
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Found this just a little higher above the beach near a camp site.
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Wilson.
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Looking at an other by pass. You can see a rope, and some boards that have mostly given way.
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View from the top.
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The Norwegian shipwreck memorial.
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The beach there, low tide.
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A ghostly colored slug.
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Near the Norwegian memorial. There are camp sites in the trees here. There is also an old abandoned trail that goes to Lake Ozette. It's very rough, and over grown, and gets lost some times. I walked out it for an hour without coming in sight of the lake before i turned around.
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Later.
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I was sitting around out side my tent and i heard the strangest noise, like a jackhammer rhythm. A sea otter was pounding open a shell on it's chest with a rock.
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The next day i continued up toward Cape Alava. I came across some whale bones. Vertebrae.
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Scapula, or shoulder blade.
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A fin.
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Vertebrae and ribs.
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And even the skull. You can see my shadow next to it.
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More buoys. I enjoyed the color.
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Crab.
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An indication of just how many buoys i saw.
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A rather old chain.
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One link has opened.
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Looking North.
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Looking back.
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One of the things i really enjoyed was the mixed hiking conditions. Some times open sand beaches, some times cobbles, some times boulders. Some times exposed rock like this.
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An other tunnel to pass through.
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Not uncommon to have the route look like this.
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Or this.
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I think this is a petroglyph near Wedding Rocks.
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Ozette Island.
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Bodelteh Islands.
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Camp night three, at Cape Alava. I walked a little beyond here trying to make it to Point of Arches, but had to turn around a little short to avoid walking in the dark.
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Tskawahyah Island, connected at low tide.
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Nice reflection in the wet sand.
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Bald eagle.
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Point of Arches is some of those distant stacks. The ridge running behind every thing is Vancouver Island.
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The Ozette River, an easy ford.
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Barnacles.
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Mussels.
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An other small island.
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An over land by pass.
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This was as far North as i made it before i had to turn back.
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I liked these boulders.
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On the way back to camp, some islands. The point on the left is just the other side of the Ozette River.
![2015-06-18 olympic coast 876.JPG 2015-06-18 olympic coast 876.JPG](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/36/36474-4ee3908c7eab27f2223a8ad57842e5c1.jpg)
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Looking down one of the by passes. Some were rather steep.
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The sun starts to go down as i'm walking back.
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Vancouver Island on the horizon.
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The next day i start retracing my steps back to the South. Tide's out.
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White Rock. That's actually it's name.
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I got here just a little late for the tide, and had to do a little bit of hand and foot on the rock to traverse above the water.
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Looking back after making it past.
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I finally found the deer that had been making all the prints. I actually saw three others, a doe with two fawns.
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Random metal relic.
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Less sand, more rocks.
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An other reflection.
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More cliffy islands. They're all over the place.
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Hawk on a rock.
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The sun starts to go down on night four.
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Late light.
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After a final gorgeous sun set i camped on the North side of the Hole In The Rock this time. I skipped my planned camp site and walked may be 19 miles this day to be closer to out the next morning.
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The marker for the parking lot.
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Total mileage for the trip was about 53 miles over four nights.
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