Ocean Shores, Washington

We left Pat's house in Rainier, Oregon and drove north across a bridge over the Columbia River and in to Washington.

 

More logs ready for transporting

Entering Washington

We stopped off for diesel in Lacey, WA for $6.05/gallon!

Then we arrived at our next stop, Ocean Shores, Washington and got set up at the Oceana Thousand Trails campground.  We snagged a full hookup (FHU = water, electric, and sewer) site with 30 amps.  

 

 

We got a site in the front section with the FHU. 

We look so small compared to the 5th wheel next to us.

 This campground had a path that led to the beach.  

We made a left and walked along the beach for a while.  It was a very large beach!

 

I liked that there was no development all along the beachfront in this aea.  This is looking back towards the campground.

Two people on horseback.

Al getting close enough to check the water temp.

We walked along the beach to an area where cars are allowed to drive on the beach then turned around and walked back.

One day we drove out to Damon Point and did a beach walk to the point.  

The park consists of a one-mile-long, half-mile-wide stretch of land jutting out into the sea. Damon Point is a textbook example of accreted (grown by accumulation) land, and is one of the few remaining nesting sites of the snowy plover. This park features a one-mile walkable strip of land to the end of Damon Point, the southeastern tip of the Ocean Shores Peninsula. It offers spectacular views of Grays Harbor, the Olympic Mountains, and Mount Rainier.

Cool driftwood

This is just past the end of the point and making our way back in a counter clockwise direction.

 

 

It was a long walk on the sand with not too much to see besides driftwood but we got some good exercise.  

A different day we went for another walk on the beach from our campground but this time we turned right.

 

Seeing these crabs on the beach made me hungry.  I think it is a Dungeness crab.

Landmarks to find our path back to the campground.

We were lucky to be in town during the 2022 Sand and Sawdust Festival.  We drove over to town to check it out.

Welcome to Ocean Shores (through our dirty windshield.)

 

 

There were 25 wood carvers creating pieces for the daily auction.

Carver Adrian Bois is from Argentina

There were a lot of carvings for sale.

Check out all those tools and chainsaws!

No shortage of wood in Oregon

How would you like this guy in your yard?

Carver Jacob Lucas from Washington.

There were some sand sculptures in the wood carving area and around town too. 

 

After checking out the wood carvers we walked over to the beach to find the sand castles.

There were so many cars parked on the beach!  It was a beautiful day and people were out enjoying it.

Sandcastle by Form Finders of Olympia

Pit fire and wood stumps

After checking out the sand castles, we went to see what Sand Drawing was all about.

Sand drawings are amazing large geometric drawings in the sand, to be washed away by the next tide.

Tools to make the sand drawings.

It was a great kite flying day too!

This one was huge!

We found the horse rental area for beach rides.

Here are some signs I'm not used to seeing at the beach.

Copalis Beach
Razor clam management beach.
Harvest dates vary and are subject to change.

No selfies with seals!
If you get too close a Mother Seal may abandon her pubs.
Share the Shore!

 Some funny stickers in a shop in Ocean Shores.

Big Foot doesn't believe in you either.

We had a nice day at the festival.  The sand castles were a disappointment but the wood carving and sand drawings were beautiful.  It was a great day to be outside!

Here is the area that was covered in this blog entry.

 

Next we headed to Forks, Washington on the Olympic peninsula where we get to visit some of Olympic National Park.   

 

BTW, if you leave a comment, please include your name or initials so I know who wrote it.  All I see is Anonymous and have no idea.