Washington Coast

After a few days outside of Seattle we found ourselves on the Washington coast in an area we had not seen near Ocean Shores, in Ocean City. On this part of our trip we had seven other families around us and we did not see the kids for hours on end. Kids from 18 to 3 all playing together with little or no problems. The first couple of days the kids dug bunkers in the sand around the playground and had sand wars until the old campground rangers squashed the fun. Now if the kids were leaving these sand bunkers and not filling them in after they were done I would be able to see the issue  but they were filled in when done and they didnt leave other kids out of the fun.

We were able to be part of the first beach fire the Hamilton's have ever done, the kids went around the beach and gathered huge logs that kept this fire going until 3am.  Laura and I went a little farther down the road and were able to drive out on the beach and look around which was fun. We had a night out at a bar down the road called the "Green Lantern" which had great ribs and beer.



We went to a lake up the coast with Barb and the Traviglino's to watch a boat race and sun ourselves. This lake also had the largest Spruce Tree in Washington or maybe the world. I also dragged the family for yet another National Park excursion where, you guessed it, we got another badge. The HOH Rainforest in Olympic National Park is another place that I enjoyed fishing and relaxing.

On our last day at this wonderful RV park we were informed of a whale that had washed up on the beach. This was another first for the Hamilton Clan on this wonderful trip around our country. It looks like this one died at sea and just finally washed up. Now we are heading back to Seattle for a nice visit with Mom and Bob.