Willapa Bay is the second largest marine estuary on the west coast with over 260 square miles of water surface. The largest estuary is San Francisco Bay. As I…
Ahhhh, Dungeness Spit…The graceful curve of this land that stretches out into the Strait Of Juan de Fuca is the longest natural sandspit in the United States. The spit is…
Cape Meares NWR is part of the Oregon Coastal Refuge Complex. The complex includes 6 refuges along the coast. The largest (and most amazing!) refuge is the Oregon Islands NWR.…
Rich in so many ways that it has taken me 3 weeks after returning from this trip to post about it because I hardly know where to start or stop.…
Having just spent 2 perfect days on San Juan Island I am once again feeling grateful that I live so close to so many exquisite places. The landscape at the southern end of San…
The sweet sounds of spring as I discover the patterns on a Chuckanut Bay beach at low tide.
I was driving to Seattle early this morning when I heard on the radio about a dead whale that had washed up on the beach at Seahurst Park. A Fin…
One of my favorite spots on Lopez Island is Watmough Bay. Visiting in the winter has the advantage of few tourists which can make the place seem like it is…
I was on a camping trip to the Southern Oregon coast and stopped in Bandon, Oregon, which is a very charming place for a variety of reasons. (More about this…
I spent a morning at Damon Point near Ocean Shores on the WA coast a couple of weeks ago. It is 61 acres of beach, dune grasses and a few…
A Celebration Of Wonder 