We saw that the air quality was "good" along the Pacific Coast from Aberdeen to La Push with cooler temperatures on the beach, it would also be nearing low tide when we arrived, wonderful! so we drove out to Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park hoping to hike from Ruby Beach up to the mouth of the Hoh River. We saw a no trespassing sign at the border of Olympic NP and the Hoh Reservation about 1.7 miles up the beach, so we turned around, hiked back to Ruby Beach and then 1.5 miles south of Ruby Beach and backfor a total of 6.5 miles round trip.
The first 0.25 miles from the parking lot is 60 feet down through the coastal forest to Ruby Beach. One of the first sea stacks we saw was this one with the holes in the rock.
As we headed north, we walked along Cedar Creek, the water was so still making for gorgeous reflections.
We continued on to more sea stacks and Abbey Island as the tide continued going out. There were only a few people here on the beach at 9 in the morning.
We stopped and explored the tide pools at the base of Abbey Island and some of the other sea stacks. Rocks covered in anemones.
As we hiked north up the coast, I turned back for this beautiful view of Abbey Island reflecting in the water over the sand.
Sign at the boundary of Olympic National Park and the Hoh Reservation. We took a break, enjoyed being alone on this stretch of the beach before heading back towards Ruby Beach.
Although the tide was coming in, we found sea stars, anemones and large barnacles and muscles along the edges of these rocks.
We continued south, our turn around point was the other side of this small headwall north of Beach 6
There were a few wildflowers in bloom at the base of some of the cliffs.
Beautiful razor clam shell under the water on the beach, reminds me of the sunbeams we saw earlier this morning.
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