Cline Spit County Park

With a little hint of sunshine, we ventured out to Dungeness. This is a coastal settlement between Sequim and the Juan de Fuca Strait. Near the Dungeness Wildlife Reserve there extends a long sandbar out to a larger spit of sand on which a lighthouse is built. The Cline Spit County Park sits on the coast looking out at this long sandbar and lighthouse. We came here looking for birds and maybe an image of the lighthouse.

So, let's get this out of the way up front. Here's the lighthouse, perched on the distant sand island. There is even a ship in the strait behind it. While this is not an amazing photo, there is an interesting twist here. It turns out that this is a place you can stay as the lighthouse keeper. Of course, while you keep the lighthouse, they will keep significant sums of your cash. Still, it could be fun.

Closer at hand are seagulls. Of course there are. There are always seagulls even if there is no one else around.

Closer to the mainland with the little spit of sandbar we were stand on joined is this curious shed. I can't tell if the drooping tarp is a stowed sunscreen from the warmer (?) seasons or a cover for a structural defect that no one is stepping to pay for.