Forks, Washington

 Time to leave our favorite little AirBnB.....packed up and on our way in the early morning drizzle.  Plan for the day is to drive a good bit - first along a very curvy road for 80+ miles towards Cape Flattery - the most western spot on the contiguous US.  I figured that we will only be this close once so it was worth the effort!  Driving along the northerncoast of Washington, it was misty and low visibility.  

 

There were a few quaint little towns along the way but mostly it was just a curvy mountainous road.   This is Sekiu, a little fishing village.

 

We had to stop by the Makah Tribal office and pick up our permit to visit Cape Flattery.  Very nice ladies sold me the permit - and called me "sweetie" and then "honey".  So sweet.

 

The trail itself was well maintained and the forest was peaceful of course.

The actual terminus of the trail was spectacular!!!  Just enjoy the photos imagining the roar of the ocean.  (Reminds me a bit of the Ragged Island cliffs - with no rain and much warmer temperatures!)

 

 

If you look really close you can see a lighthouse on the small island.  Only accessible by boat of course....

 After enjoying Cape Flattery for a good while, back to the road towards Fork, Washington.  Stopped for a few photos.....the rocks out in the ocean were beautiful.

 

 And another fishing village.

 

 We had time for another visit -this time a beautiful beach - Second Beach on the Pacific coast about 60 miles from Cape Flattery.  (Yes, there IS a First Beach and Third Beach!)  

Second Beach is on the Quileute Indian Reservation.....another lovely trail - almost a mile for beach access. 

 

Neat rock formations.

The main thing I wanted to do was "tide pooling"....which is simply going to the rocky shore at low tide and seeing the urchins and star fish that are "trapped" until high tide.

We timed it well....

 

 

With low tide passed, we started feeling the tide coming in....time to get out!   On to the next AirBnB and the next adventures!