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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2128 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
On the drive over, it occurred to me that my first trip to Toleak Point was in 1972. Multiple visits later, I never tire of the familiar place. Left Leavenworth at 4:30 AM and made the 7:10 Edmonds ferry. Easy drive to P.A. to pay respect to ancestors and locales, and pick up the permit/bear can. Surprisingly, not that many cars at the TH for a summer weekend, and beyond Third Beach, just a scattering of souls. You know it's gonna' be a good trip when you start talking to yourself early on. I had a pick of campsites between Strawberry and Toleak. The day had started out with sun breaks but soon fogged up. Not a problem. A Platy-full of Chilean wine had washed up the Pacific Coast, most likely from a Trader Joes shipment. Salami, cheese, sourdough and "Frampton Comes Alive" on the iPod.
Cozy Steely
The next day was agenda-less. It started foggy and sprinkly (Irish & Celtic Music podcast between listening to the waves and eagles) and ended with the sun breaking through between the fogbank and the cloud deck.
Soft Lighting Toleak Pastels Soft Sunset Having a Time The Evening Show
Easy hike out the next day, except for that last endless mile and half of gravel trail to reach the car. The therapy session was a success.
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16874 | TRs | Pics
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Slugman
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Mon Aug 20, 2012 4:52 pm
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Awesome report and pics. Hey, did anyone ever tell you that you look like a cross between Ivar Haglund and James Coburn?
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bobbi stillaGUAMish
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 8012 | TRs | Pics Location: olympics! |
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Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:38 pm
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bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2128 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
Hey Slug, I know it's one of your favorite places too. By the way, I think those guys had a lot more coverage on top of their head than I do.
Appropriately, the wine that washed up from Chile was a "Found Object"!
Found Object
Pretty good red for $7......
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2128 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
Hey Bobbi, I half expected to see you while cruising through Sequim, that is if you weren't up trompin' the mountains somewhere.
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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bobbi stillaGUAMish
Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 8012 | TRs | Pics Location: olympics! |
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bobbi
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Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:49 pm
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ahem.....
no cruisin' sequim for this gal!
bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
bobbi ૐ
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way!" - Oh, the Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss
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HitTheTrail Member
Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 5455 | TRs | Pics Location: 509 |
Get Out and Go wrote: | A Platy-full of Chilean wine had washed up the Pacific Coast, |
Soothing photos. Didn't you mean to say, "you washed down a Platy full of Chilean wine"?
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Slugman It’s a Slugfest!
Joined: 27 Mar 2003 Posts: 16874 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:58 am
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That wine should have been consumed at Chilean Memorial.
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Magellan Brutally Handsome
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 13116 | TRs | Pics Location: Inexorable descent |
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Magellan
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Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:48 pm
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Really nice pictures.
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Tomlike Member
Joined: 22 Jun 2010 Posts: 407 | TRs | Pics
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Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:55 pm
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It is a really great spot I've been out that way once each of the last two years, hard to think about going there in 2050
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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2128 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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cascadetraverser Member
Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Posts: 1407 | TRs | Pics
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I first went out to Shi shi beach in 1973 and have been going to the coast as often as possible. Toleak is such a primo spot. Maybe the nicest spot on the washington coast. very cool that you had it to yourself. Nice little mud slog this year when we were out there in July....
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