Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:15 am Photo GTG - Dungeness Spit 02-17-08
wow...what a wonderful weekend. I headed out to PT on Saturday. Raz2sea and I carpooled up from the Kingston side of the ferry. We met up with HJT in Fort Warden, got an eyeshot of lighthouses, beaches, rocks, and bunkers before headed into Port Townsend for lunch. Afterwards we headed off to Dungeness to find a campspot. HJT was only out for the day but later that evening we met up with seawallrunner (so NIVE to finally meet you) and her friend Claire. We spend a wonderful evening around a warm campfire and enjoyed a late night stroll to view the surf and the moon.
Sunday morning we all headed off to the spit. Who should me bump into at the trailhead? Quark, JimK and More Cowbell. We took off an a leasierly walk along the spit enjoying views of the wildlife refuge, a couple of juvie bald eagles and lots of interesting rocks. Quark spotted a chiton. We spotted a gull harassing a river otter and before we knew it (OK so it felt like forever) we found outselves at the Dungeness Lighthouse. I seem to recall some interesting antics occuring on the ground (I think someone has pictures ). We didn't stay long because he had a 4.5 mile hike back out so off we went. JimK pointed out a seal that was sunning on the beach. We were out before dark and headed over to The Three Crabs for a yummy dinner. The began the race back to Kinston to catch the 8:30 ferry only to find out on the ferry boards that the wait was at least two hours! We all (2 card) decided to head down to Bainbridge Island to try the Seattle ferry. Thankfully there was no backup. We were into Seattle about 9:30 and then began the drive back up toe the Edmonds ferry to drop off raz2sea. I was home about 10:30pm.
I'm sure there are tons of pics. Gorgeous weather made for a great day!
I'll get mine posted later today because I'm one of the lucky few who have to WORK today!
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:59 am
And I missed you? lol...
That place was a ZOO yesterday! We stopped by on our way back from the coast to meet up with my friends Ldyblade and Rumidude. Yeah, they got a parking spot, we didn't.
(Of course it was my fault. You don't start hiking the spit after noon on a sunny warm weekend!)
And that campground is nice, I like it even in rain
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:19 am
oh no!!! Claire and I were walking through the parking lot back to our campsite at about noon. We just missed you sarbar!
on a side note, we stopped at Deception Pass to take some photos on the way back to Vancouver. Gosh I can't wait for the April GTG now. What a beautiful place!
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:26 am
It was gorgeous yesterday!
We ended up stopping at the Kitsap Memorial SP for an hour or so on the way back so Kirk could take a nap. The Hood Canal was quiet and pretty, lots of birds out
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:42 am
More Cowbell found the chiton. At first I didn’t care a whole hell of a lot about it – I had thought she said “hey, there’s a kite on the beach.” BFD, I thought….but I wandered over to see what everyone was looking at, and lo! There was a deceased chiton.
I think my photos pretty much sucked due to the harsh lighting. I only took about 50 or so, and some of them were half-hearted and half-assed, knowing they wouldn’t turn out. Haven’t reviewed them yet.
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:37 am
I'm leaving the fancy photos to the pros but here are a few from my vantage:
I've been to the Dungeness W.R. before but never all the way to the light house. This was a GOOD LONG walk and we had the luck of the tides as they were going out for entire trip. Be prepared for slushy sand, ankle twisting cobblestones and sneaky attack waves. But the payoff at the end is worth it, the weather was perfect and I was with a great troupe of comedians.
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Nice Pütz-in-Boots! Looks like the Spit has been quite popular recently. Areas that are usually snow-free (Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River, South Fork of the Skokomish River, etc.) have been hammered this season. Looks like the beach is nice and clear!
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:59 pm
Here it is! My filmmaking debut! I'd like to thank my cast, asst. film crew (prompters) and BPJ (for his inspiring contributions to NWHinkers).
-------------- "I've seen them fight in seedy bars in Mexico, and once as a side attraction at a cock fight in Toppenish. I've never seen this behavior in the wild, but maybe because the money just isn't good enough." - Kbatku, Marmot Naturalist
I shoulda been there with you hotness hikers [whine, whine icon]. This old goat needs to be let out of the barn.
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:15 pm
Was great meeting up with everyone. Thank to PiB for the ride from Kingston and hauling me all the way back to my car in Edmonds!!
So here's my choice pics from nearly 400 that I took. They still need some post processing but with my MAC on the operating table I'm without my Photoshop.
So here we go...
Beginning of the day at Port Gamble
Lighthouse at Ft Warden
Coastal Battery from WWI
Hanging in there
Coast at Ft Warden
Shore and bluffs at Dungeness County Park:
Sunset at Dungeness
Moon at Sunset
Moon goes Supernova!!
Ice Halo
The Olympics in all their glory
Mt Baker was out, with our Lighthouse destination in the distance
Next stop, Human Brains!!!
Seagull trying to look cool
Our ship, unfortunately, did not come in
Quark, eats lunch, can't get up
Close to our destination, the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse
The motley crew from L-HR: Quark, More Cowbell, Putz-in-Boots, raz2sea (kneeling), JimK and bcfc53
The Sun's out and the HOTNESS begins!!!
Quark shows how HOTNESS is done correctly
A happy Seal wishing us a lovely 5 mi hike back to the cars
I'll probably post more later.
Thanks again to all who showed up and sorry we missed even more people out there!!!
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). We didn't stay long because he had a 4.5 mile hike back out so off we went. JimK pointed out a seal that was sunning on the beach. We were out before dark and headed over to The Three Crabs for a yummy dinner. The began the race back to Kinston to catch the 8:30 ferry only to find out on the ferry boards that the wait was at least two hours! We all (2 card) decided to head down to Bainbridge Island to try the Seattle ferry. Thankfully there was no backup. We were into Seattle about 9:30 and then began the drive back up toe the Edmonds ferry to drop off raz2sea. I was home about 10:30pm.
