On Sunday June 1st, we broke camp in Sequim and motored down the road to Salt Creek Campground, just east of Joyce on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The weekend crowd was breaking camp as we arrived and we found a lovely spot with a water view.
After setting up camp we went out for a walk on the path that follows the fence along the top of the cliffs. Here’s the view from the fence where Walter was standing in the photo above.
There were Harlequin ducks down in the water but no sight of seals or whales. There were lots of flowers in bloom though. Including these large False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
Nootka Roses (Rosa nutkana) that were really fragrant
And tons of Thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus)
It was sunny and clear and you could see Vancouver Island across the strait.
While Walter sat and watched the ships go by, I hiked down the rocky path to the tide pools since the tide was mostly out. Here’s the view looking west from the bottom of the path.
The tide was turning and the surf was beginning to build again on the rocks.
There were sea anemones in the tide pools along with barnacles and tons of mussels.
I found a butterfly resting on the rocks as I clambered around.
The cliff was shaded and dripping water and there were Seep-spring monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus) hanging on the walls.
There were also these fun worm-like formations on the rocks. I think they’re casing from sea worms.
Walter was still sitting on his bench when I got back and we got to watch a bald eagle swoop down to the water (but not in) and then swoop back up to sit on a tree branch. I zoomed in on him and actually got a decent shot.
After lunch we sat in the sun and enjoyed the view from in front of the Airstream. By this point we were the only people in our section of the campground since pretty much everyone had packed up their tents and trailers and gone home.
As you can see there were lots of English daisies in the lawn. Here’s a close-up of these little happy faces.
After dinner the view out the dining room window began to go pink and we went out to watch the sunset.
After setting up camp we went out for a walk on the path that follows the fence along the top of the cliffs. Here’s the view from the fence where Walter was standing in the photo above.
There were Harlequin ducks down in the water but no sight of seals or whales. There were lots of flowers in bloom though. Including these large False Solomon’s Seal (Maianthemum racemosum)
Nootka Roses (Rosa nutkana) that were really fragrant
And tons of Thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus)
It was sunny and clear and you could see Vancouver Island across the strait.
While Walter sat and watched the ships go by, I hiked down the rocky path to the tide pools since the tide was mostly out. Here’s the view looking west from the bottom of the path.
The tide was turning and the surf was beginning to build again on the rocks.
There were sea anemones in the tide pools along with barnacles and tons of mussels.
I found a butterfly resting on the rocks as I clambered around.
The cliff was shaded and dripping water and there were Seep-spring monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus) hanging on the walls.
There were also these fun worm-like formations on the rocks. I think they’re casing from sea worms.
Walter was still sitting on his bench when I got back and we got to watch a bald eagle swoop down to the water (but not in) and then swoop back up to sit on a tree branch. I zoomed in on him and actually got a decent shot.
After lunch we sat in the sun and enjoyed the view from in front of the Airstream. By this point we were the only people in our section of the campground since pretty much everyone had packed up their tents and trailers and gone home.
As you can see there were lots of English daisies in the lawn. Here’s a close-up of these little happy faces.
After dinner the view out the dining room window began to go pink and we went out to watch the sunset.