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Showing posts with label Cape Disappointment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cape Disappointment. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

The Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment

This beach area and the lighthouse are favorites of photographers. In the winter, this cape is subjected to violent winds from the storms that buffet the coast. This in turn produced impressive waves battering the shore. If you search about on the intertubes you will find photos of 10-20 foot waves charging into the shore with the lighthouse in the background. Today was not one of those days...best to start carefully and avoid the extremes. But the mist and light fog in the air over the water played well with the sun as it climbed over the edge of the hill on which the lighthouse stands.

Monday, October 18, 2021

Cape Disappointment, WA

Our journey northward nears the end as we cross the Columbia River and enter Washington. After a good night's sleep, we headed out bright and early to see the cape and its lighthouse at sunrise (well, not long after).

Above is a small lake that borders the campground just inland from Waikiki beach where I spent the rest of the time photographing the lighthouse and the beach.