Sage Hills

We arrived in Wenatchee in the afternoon and decided to do a short walk in Sage Hills, our route was 2.3 miles round trip with 220 ft of overall gain. We enjoyed walking along the trail through the hills filled with colorful flowers.

Our turn around point was at these large rock formations

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today

We drove to the Storm King area on the south shore of Lake Crescent to hike to Marymere Falls, about 2 miles round trip. View of Lake Crescent from the trail

Through the tunnel under the highway and on through the forest

Marymere Falls from the lower and then the upper viewpoints

Back through the tunnel

some of the wildflowers and fungi we saw along the trail this afternoon

Rialto Beach to Hole in the Wall

We drove to Rialto Beach (north of La Push, WA) at Olympic National Park to hike out to Hole in the Wall and explore the tidal pools at low tide. Our route was about 3.5 miles round trip. A beautiful beach alongt the rain forest, with lots of sea stars, anemones and other sea creatures. View at Rialto Beach as we began this monring

Views as we walked towards Hole in the Wall to the north

View of Hole in the Wall from the other side and rocky features and tidal pools we explored

View as we neared the parking area at Rialto Beach looking southward

some of the sea creatures we saw sea lemon

velella velella

sea stars

anemones

hermit crab

chiton

sea roach

sea worm??? this was about 18" long

shells