CI sighting on the WA coast

fdkoh99

fdkoh99

Junior Ranger
Saw a CI Camper at South Beach Campground in Olympic National Park on Thursday. It had a WA plate. Spent a few days out there - it is such a remote spot. 4 hours from Seattle.

Check out the size of the driftwood on the beach (notice the people) - miles of nothing but sand, rocks and driftwood. North of the Queets River and the Quinault Indian Reservation. Mostly still the way it was when George Vancouver charted the coast in the 18th century.
 

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Wow. Where did that come from? What storm landed it there? on a dock at Port Townsend there is a gray whale bone skeleton on a display. It died in the local waters. It has the same scale as that tree when you stand beside it. When they stand in the forests or swim the oceans they have a different sense of scale. One in the air, one in the water. Away from our immediate senses.

A week agoish I saw a 550 with a VW bus kind of TV get off the Port Townsend ferry.. I waved. CampIns are rare to see, although I see lots of teardrop brands around the whidbey island and OLY area.
 
Jenn said:
Wow. Where did that come from? What storm landed it there? on a dock at Port Townsend there is a gray whale bone skeleton on a display. It died in the local waters. It has the same scale as that tree when you stand beside it. When they stand in the forests or swim the oceans they have a different sense of scale. One in the air, one in the water. Away from our immediate senses.

A week agoish I saw a 550 with a VW bus kind of TV get off the Port Townsend ferry.. I waved. CampIns are rare to see, although I see lots of teardrop brands around the whidbey island and OLY area.
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Well - the best I can tell as they are obviously Old Growth Fir, Spruce and Hemlock is that because the Queets river flows through the National Park as the river eats away at the river banks along with mud slides - these trees work their way down the Queets out into the Pacific and there where the current is from south to north they start washing ashore and a King Tide and a storm put them up past the high tide mark.

Those two pictures are not the same tree.

For seeing CIs out there.... Same here - rarely see a CI but lots of other TD wanta bees/look a likes. (no outdoor kitchen)
 
Midwest Duo said:
Amazing. We’re planning a recon trip of ONP. Won’t have our CI but it’ll be great to get familiar with the area and visit family in Seattle.
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Awesome - you will love it. Make sure you allocate enough time, it's farther than you think to get around the park. Spend some time on the coast there are parking lots with trails to the beach. An added benefit is to watch for big tide swings so you can hit the beach with a big low tide during the day. Cabins at Kalaloch are popular as is the lodge at Cresent Lake and Lake Quinault Lodge.

For a hike in the old growth of the Enchanted Valley - take the Quinault river road past the lodge to Graves Creek Campground and Trailhead. Graves Creek Trailhead · Washington

Enjoy!
 
How interesting!
Thank you!

fdkoh99 said:
Well - the best I can tell as they are obviously Old Growth Fir, Spruce and Hemlock is that because the Queets river flows through the National Park as the river eats away at the river banks along with mud slides - these trees work their way down the Queets out into the Pacific and there where the current is from south to north they start washing ashore and a King Tide and a storm put them up past the high tide mark.

Those two pictures are not the same tree.

For seeing CIs out there.... Same here - rarely see a CI but lots of other TD wanta bees/look a likes. (no outdoor kitchen)
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