I woke up and looked out the window and saw this. I knew it could not be snow, so I went out and looked. Hail. Later in the morning the sun came out while it was still raining. It made everything sparkly and green.
I went up to look for a rainbow on the sand dunes. It is temperate rainforest here, so it is very lush. Beautiful after days of rain and clouds.
No rainbow, the rain stopped and it was lovely, but cold. Rhododendron leaves backlit. I learned on the nature trail today that bees are immune to rhododendron flowers poison, but if you eat the honey it will make you sick.
We went hiking on the trails around the park. Of course it started to rain and blow. Brrrr. We went up onto the sand dune overlooking Cleawox lake. The dune is filling in the lake, which was created when the dune blocked the waters outlet. The bathhouse was built by the CCC.
John enjoying the view from the bathhouse’s porch and staying out of the rain. This historic photo by the bathhouse was on a whole wall by the restrooms.
Magically the sun came back out while we were hiking.
When the sun hit the lake it steamed. This monument is by the lake. It says “No work is more important than teaching the children that the god-given beauty of Oregon is their heritage.” Jessie Honeyman. The park is named after her.
Sun on the alder trees and the bath house across the lake.
The sand dune by the lake with a couple tiny people on it. I should remember the name of these red flowers from growing up in California, but I don’t and they aren’t in my book. Below are huckle berries. They are protected from coastal acid soil by fungus growing around the root tips. The sign below the ferns on the mossy tree says Mosses- At least 8 species are on this log.
I climbed to the top of the highest dune behind our campsite for sunset. First one we have seen in days, it has been too cloudy. It was worth the climb.
The sunset over the dunes and ocean just past them.
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