Ruby Beach

After our hike at Olympic National Park and the Hoh rainforest we decided to make a stop by Ruby beach since it was on the way back to my grandparents. And if this doesn't sum up weather on the Washington coast I don't know what does. If you go back and look at the sky in our hiking pictures we had clear blue skies and bright sunny day and only a few miles away it looks like this. And then after we had been here for maybe an hour it started to clear up again.

There were quite a few people here which was a little surprising. I had to spend a lot of time editing people out of these pictures because everyone's brightly colored coats really distracted from the overall look! 

We didn't stay too long because it was still about an hour and a half drive back to my grandparents house. But overall we enjoyed our time at Ruby Beach. It was nice to get out and walk around a little bit more and take some nice pictures since it had been quite a while since we had last been there. We even got to see an eagle flying overhead. The pink flowers you see below are salmonberry blossoms and the island off in the distance is Destruction Island, which features a decommissioned lighthouse.

Ruby Beach

Ruby beach is somewhere in Washington I had wanted to visit for quite a while. My grandparents live not too far away, but we had just never made it up there before! 

It took us a little over an hour to get there, and the drive, as always, was beautiful! We were really surprised when we pulled into the parking lot just how many people were there! It was kind of disappointing to say the least. 

It was fairly warm (by Washington standards.) Meaning it was in the low 70's.

We spent a few hours walking around and exploring. The tide was coming in pretty quickly, so we didn't get to go too far out. We were surprised at how much driftwood there was everywhere! 

Once the fog started coming in, a bunch of people started leaving. So that was good. I had hoped we would see some fog (definitely not uncommon around here!) and I was happy to get some neat fog pictures. I just think the fog looks interesting and mysterious.

So, despite all the people that were there (I did quite a bit of photoshopping on some of these pictures to get rid of people!) it was still a cool place to visit. I think if we ever get out there again, hopefully we can go during the spring/fall when there wouldn't be so many tourists!