Seabeck, June 2015

We went over to Seabeck. It is only 16 miles from our house. We are doing shorter trips now. It was National Get Outdoors Day. This is a new National event to promote healthy living. The Seabeck Conference Center was having an Open House for their 100th Anniversary. The food was actually good and (probably) donated by COSTCO. They were there with their sign-up booth.  The weather was absolutely perfect.

After we lunched and visited at the Conference Center, we drove over to Scenic Beach State Park. It was also free because of National Get Outdoors Day. We already have a State Parks Discover Pass, but didn't get to use it. The day was also free for all the National Forests. Scenic Beach is an example of the Douglas Fir forests which used to cover so much of the Pacific Northwest. It overlooks Hood Canal and offers camping. Alonda says "No" to tent camping. Too hard to get in and out of the tent.

This is the marina at the minuscule town of Seabeck. There are about 1,000 people in the area.

This is a cafe on the back of the General Store. It is also the site of the gourd condo for the Purple Martins. The things you see hanging along the dock are nesting sites for the birds.

This is an up-close shot of a gourd with a fledgling Purple Martin waiting for lunch. Mom and Dad go out hunting insects and bring them back.

This is what Dad looks like.

This is what Mom looks like.

This is what the photographers look like. They were all lined up with some incredibly expensive camera equipment to take pictures of the birds. This is where all of those gorgeous pictures you see in magazines come from.

Enjoy the summer!