kknight | Washington Trip Report - part 24

I back-tracked from Port Gamble and found the right turn to get to Point No Point. There's a long stretch of beach to walk on plus a trail that goes through a marshy meadow then up into the woods. I started out on the beach. It was about 55F, which I considered plenty warm for mid-November. I left my jacket in the car, rolled up my jeans and took off my sandals. Eventually I decided to walk in the water instead of on the sand. Other people were wearing their winter coats. I think they thought I was strange. When I talked to one of my cousins who is kind of new-agey about it later, she said I was grounding myself in the Sound. I think she made a valid point about that. I didn't think about it that way when I was doing it, but it did feel like there was more importance to it than just getting my feet wet.

This is the view from the edge of the beach near the parking lot.

There was a lot of driftwood, some of it still in the water.

There was a big rock in the water

These photos are from further down the beach, around a bit of a corner

This is the view looking to the east

Seattle was visible, just barely, across Puget Sound.

This is a view looking further down the beach from near where I turned around

By the time I was done, the blue sky was gone and this is what it looked like.

By the time I got back to the car to go back to my uncle's house it was raining. That's the Pacific Northwest for you. If it isn't raining now, it will be raining soon.

Coming up next: lighthouse and beach photos.