We took an easy day on Saturday and biked all around this big campground which holds over 200 campsites in cul de sac like settings. It is nicely laid out to not feel cramped in by a lot of campers. Of course we are here in the off season so there are fewer campers now. But more RVs than one might expect out camping in February..
We biked out to the North Jetty as far as the paved road took us. We did not opt to walk further out in the soft sand. Turning around we had a view of the lighthouse near the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center.
We rounded the corner and continued UP (what felt like a very long steep, thank goodness for pedal assist) hill to the Center.
The overlook shows the jetty and part of the road we just came from.
We opted to not walk through the visitor center. I have been to the Center in the past and though it is interesting and informative, museums have sort of run their course with me. Getting old, seen a lot of museums, would rather do other things.
Our other thing right now was to ride DOWN (what seemed short and not so steep) hill. We stopped to look at Waikiki Beach and some of the moss-like trees. Not moss though — lichen that helps feed the leafless limbs and the trees will be back in full leaf in the Spring (the ranger told me).
Yesterday (Sunday), not only did it not rain, but was sunny for part of the day. And we did not ride bikes!!! Except for my two mile ride to grab a photo of shamrocks for one of my bike challenges this month. We took a day drive trip up and then down the peninsula. Stopped for a short walk to the beach at Ledbetter Park. Seems I have taken more than a few photos of different aspects of the ocean and bays that lead to the ocean.
The Visitor Center was closed but I could not resist the chairs.
Here is a photo of the west coast of Washington. Way down at the bottom where I have printed “here” is Cape Disappointment. If you can enlarge the photo you will see it better. This is where we are camped, and the long narrow peninsula is where we drove today — from bottom to the top.
Ledbetter Park is at the top of the Peninsula and where we took a short path to the beach.
Susan was good enough, and supportive enough to take her bike (mine was not quite as accessible) off the rack for me to ride the mile back for a shamrock photo ;’-)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day this month. We even had corned beef burgers for lunch at an Irish Pub in the town of Ocean Park earlier today.
I took a back road on the return to the van and could not resist this guy.
The weather had gradually clouded as we ended our day of driving around, and we were glad to have our nice comfy evening in the RV with a pre-recorded movie to watch this evening.. As we settled in toward the evening we had a visitor.
This is the final post for THIS adventure. I do have another short “February” entry in queue to post soon. And, as you know, I will be back with any future adventures.
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