Our neighbors at the campground are from Washington and visit the Olympic Peninsula regularly. According to them there is no beach better than Ruby Beach which was already on our short list. So after our morning in the Hoh Rainforest and a late lunch back at the rig we added Sheba to our party and headed to the beach. All the beaches in Kalaloch, including Ruby Beach, allow leashed dogs! We were anxious to see how Sheba would react to the sand and waves!
As we had descended from the campground to the coast we entered some low lying clouds that presented more of that misty Pacific Northwest feel. We knew we had missed low tide by a couple of hours but thought this would help us avoid some of the crowds who come just to explore the tide pools. Wrong! Parking lot was packed and cars lined the road all the way into the lot. But after one lap we found a spot big enough for the Beast and we hopped out to explore. We were all a bit surprised at the difference in weather and temperature down on the beach compared to 20 miles away from the coast!
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