Ocean City

If you divide Washington state in half crosswise, Ocean City lies about halfway, right on the Pacific Ocean. It’s a very small town. Our RV park had its own pathway to the beach.

I checked out the beach right away, even though it was cold and windy. Driftwood structures are common on these beaches because of the abundance of driftwood.

The beach is very long and it would have been hard to find the pathway back if not for this pole by the entrance.

One afternoon I tried doing some ” en plein air” painting. I got sand in everything, including my painting. It was too cold to stay out for long. It was a cold, windy day.

On another day, I explored closer to the water and saw these interesting designs of sea foam on the beach.

I also found this driftwood log. Upon closer examination, I noticed something strange on the backside of the log.

On the back of the driftwood log in the shade were hundreds of muscles clinging to the log. (At least, I think that’s what they were.) I think this log may have rolled up during high tide and left these poor muscles stranded.

Grays Harbor Lighthouse

One afternoon, we drove across Grays Harbor to the south peninsula to see Grays Harbor Lighthouse. It is the tallest lighthouse in Washington with 135 steps to the lantern room. We opted out of climbing the stairs to the top.

The lighthouse is quite a distance from the ocean. This is due mostly to the jetty system at the entrance of the harbor. The land has built up between the lighthouse and the ocean until the lighthouse is now 3,000 feet from the ocean at high tide.

There are 27 lighthouses in Washington state. After seeing this one, we only have 24 more to visit!

While we were in Ocean City, we visited Olympic National Park. That will have to be in a separate blog soon to come.

Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Psalm 119:105