Makah Bay – Riveted

Makah Bay and Cape Flattery Aerials

Laura Domela — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:44:04 +0000

Here are a couple of stills from Kevin's flight with the quadcopter/GoPro from our campsite out to the southern point of Cape Flattery (1.3 miles):

Looking back toward camp:

Kinda pretty, yeah?

Sunset at Hobuck Beach

Laura Domela — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:05:37 +0000

After dinner last night (duck confit, roasted tomato and garlic soup, and a kale salad, yum!) we noticed the rain letting up and the sun coming through the clouds so we headed out to the beach to take it all in.

I think this makes up for all the rain.

Hobuck Beach

Laura Domela — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:09:06 +0000

It stopped raining for about five minutes so we went for a walk on the beach. Glad we brought the GoreTex. Here's our spot at the Hobuck Beach campground:

When we first got here, there was just the older Airstream there next to us, a small small generic trailer, a newish fifth wheel, and a super sketch motor home with a bunch of junk outside and torn curtains. It made me have second thoughts about staying here, but since then maybe 4 more newer trailers and motor homes arrived and now the place doesn't feel nearly as sad. It's amazing what the clientele will do for a place's image!

The beach is prettty but it was mostly raining so I didn't take many photos. Here's what I got before it started raining:

Kelp family portrait:

More kelp…there are PILES of it all over the beach:

Okay and we probably saw fifty or so WHOLE sand dollars on our short walk. This is DEFINITELY not like the beaches in California.

I love the perfect little star in the middle of this one:

I'm roasting tomatoes now and I'm going to make some roasted tomato and garlic soup for dinner, along with a couple of duck legs confit (I brought them, frozen…don't worry…I'm not making my own duck confit in the Airstream tonight) and a salad. Nice warm meal for a cold rainy night. We finally have gotten on campground Wi-Fi, so we may watch the second episode of Orphan Black. The first one we watched last night was quite good!

South Beach to Makah Bay, Olympic Peninsula

Laura Domela — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:19:05 +0000

Today we headed up to Makah Bay where we're staying at the Hobuck Beach Resort. It's fine. It's nowhere near as cool as our last spot was at South Beach (that was a tough act to follow, for sure.) We did see about a dozen or so bald eagles on our drive though: bonus!

This is looking toward Cape Flattery:

And this is toward the South:

It's been rainy most of the day, but we have work to do anyway so it's not too much of a bust. After we left South Beach this morning we stopped at Ruby Beach to explore a bit. Ruby Beach is the northernmost of the southern beaches in the coastal section of Olympic National Park, and it's gorgeous.

We stopped at the Thriftway in Forks, WA for some groceries and then headed North to Clallam Bay and then West out toward Cape Flattery, through Neah Bay where we cut across below the Cape to Makah Bay. We're on the Makah Indian Reservation now.

Neah Bay marina:

As a tourist to this area, it's interesting to drive through and see tons of signs (obviously hand made by kids as part of an awareness campaign) that say basically: Don't Do Drugs, Don't Drive Drunk, Don't Fry Your Brain, Keep Your Babies Healthy (and many other variations on those messages) — makes you really aware there's a problem, and it's a bit depressing. It's beautiful here, and I'm glad we came to this furthest corner of the Continental US, but I kinda wish we were just passing through. Maybe the sun tomorrow (and a walk out to the Cape) will help.

p.s. Oh yeah, forgot to do cell report: No service on AT&T at all. We're using Verizon data which works great, so Verizon phone is probably a "go" as well. Haven't checked Sprint because, well, because Sprint almost never has coverage. It looks like they have Wi-Fi here, but so far I can't get anywhere with it.