Cape Alava and Sand Point

[Sand Point beach ^]
Erin and I set out for the Peninsula friday after work, we had to wait a while for a ferry and by the time we finally got there it was about 11:30. Our trail was the only one and I knew it was mostly boardwalk, so I convinced Erin to night hike in. At work today it sounded like she was less sure about that than it seemed at the time, but I led the way and we made it to the campground in no time.
[a pool in the rock during low tide]
At Cape Alava the first night on one of the big islands you could hear but not see probably 50 seals barking all night and all day. I wonder what they're doing. That morning we took a beach walk at saw 2 bald eagles, and some sea otters! they even cracked a shell on their bellies. The tide pools were lovely with anemones and hermit crabs, and purple crabs.
All three sections of the trail are about 3 miles. Dr. Adams told me today that one time she hiked all 9 miles in a day and in her exhausted sleep a dream person came to her and told her to name the clinic One Sky Wellness.
Everyone had warned us about raccoons that will steal your cheese. But all we had to fend off was a cheeky chipmunk who tried to get our oatmeal. He was not actually afraid of me at all, i almost had to hit him with my wooden spoon to get him to not try and eat it. He thought his adorable stature would weaken me to give him an oat, but I held strong. Lucky he wasn't a kangaroo rat. But it was a lovely vacation, with lots of reading, poking in tide pools, naps and food. I hope you get to see this place someday! Now my sights are on biking the San Juans, think Eric would rent me a bike trailer?