We continued our exploration of the Olympic Peninsula with a stop in Sequim. Sequim is in the Olympic rain shadow, and because of that, it is the driest place in western Washington. Ironically, it was gray and drizzly when we were there.
One day, we did the twelve mile round trip hike to the New Dungeness Lighthouse on the end of the spit. The spit was just wide enough for a beach on both sides and a little patch of grass in the middle. The beach was covered with pink and white seaweed that looked like bacon. There was also kelp washed up on the beaches that was hollow like a hose. We saw tons of sea lions swimming near the shore. When we got to the lighthouse, we went up to the top. Little Kid hiked the six miles to the lighthouse, but Ma and Pa carried him back in the Ergo.
On another day, we had a picnic at a park with a ton of ducks. As soon as we opened our lunches, we were surrounded by ducks. There were also weirdly huge ducks that we thought were a mix between Mallards and Canadian Geese.
Since we love animal festivals (we have been to the Bear Paw Festival in Alaska and the Puffin Festival in Newfoundland) we went to the Crab Festival in nearby Port Angeles. We ate french fries and corn on the cob, but no crab. We also listened to the music for awhile. It was very fun!
