Olympic Vacation Day Three - Lake Ozette Triangle Backpack First Day - Cape Alava
Tuesday morning we flip-flopped our car camping gear with our backpacking gear and got our things all packed up. The kids were great at helping organize our food and supplies and sharing the load between our packs. We then drove to the trailhead at the north end of Lake Ozette and hit the trail.
Looking out at the serene view of Lake Ozette from the start of the trail.
The Ozette Triangle trail is about 3 miles each day. First day was to Cape Alava - the most western point in the continental U.S. It is mostly flat and much of it is through deep woods and up on boardwalks which was fun. Reed and I measured the longest stretch of boardwalk at a whopping .6 mile!
A rare - double headed fern frond that the kids spotted.
We made it to the Pacific Ocean!
A fun feature of camping along the coast is that people have taken these buoys washed up on the shore and turned them into rope swings. This one was at our campsite.
Charlotte and Reed spotted a bridge to the island and wanted to see if they could make it out there. What a fun challenge! We made it!
An interesting feature of Cape Alava is that just north of it - on the other side of the island we hiked to, there are waves crashing on the beach - but at our campsite area, it is protected by islands and rocks that create the feeling of a bay. The loudest thing we could hear were the seals barking.
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