|   | |  Hiking from Rialto Beach to Lake Ozette in Washington with Dave. Behind Dave is the famous hole in the wall at Rialto beach
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 |  Feeling strong only 30 minutes into the hike
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 |  Dave takes a break drinking some of the only fresh water on the trip
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 |  Pat basking in the light of the sunset
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 |  Beautiful sun-set as we setup camp
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 |  I forgot the tent poles but we figured out how to string up the tent somehow
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 |  We camped behind these logs to protect us from the log filled killer high tide
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 |  Dave checking the map trying to figure out where we are and how far we have to go
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 |  Second day packed up and ready to go with the last of our water
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 |  We had to walk across slippery rocks many times. We always hiked at low tide
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 |  Huge trees lined the beach
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 |  A tree about to join the other logs on the beach
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 |  We had to climb over a hill. We camped out while the tide came in and out
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 |  A group of hikers braving the incoming high tide
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 |  A view of the beach from high up
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 |  Relaxing until the tide goes out
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 |  Dave self portrait
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 |  These trees were like some kind of amazing artwork
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 |  Tide coming in forcing us to hike over larger rocks
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 |  Sometimes we were forced to hike over the logs
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 |  Dave ventured into the woods to find fresh water
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 |  This rope made it much easier to hike down this hill
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 |  The beach ahead. The silt from the water clogged my water filter so we were unable to filter our water
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 |  The tide forcing us to climb over large rocks
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 |  We got to see some interesting marine life in the water pools
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 |  One of the rare sand beaches. It was a pleasure to walk on something smooth and soft
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 |  These giant trees were amazing
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 |  The patterns formed by the tide worn wood were like artwork to me
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 |  We were forced to boil our water since we could no longer filter it
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 |  Dave cooking his famous oatmeal for breakfast
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 |  The final and third day we were pretty tired and sore.  We took a lot of breaks
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 |  The rain would start and stop the whole trip.  We came prepared though
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 |  Yet another hole in the wall
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 |  More slimy rock with lots of sea life
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 |  Lots of logs block our path ahead
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 |  The beach was just large rocks which made it really hard to walk
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 |  Time for a nice long break
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 |  Some kind of hawk
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 |  Lunch time.  Dave was the cook
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 |  The beautiful beach ahead. we wondered how were going to get over those rocks
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 |  That is one HUGE tree
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 |  climbing on moss rocks
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 |  This part was very physically demanding
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 |  Feet getting wet
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 |  Time to climb thru this hole
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 |  Birds lived in those holes
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 |  This section was super rocky
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 |  The easy way around was to walk thru the water
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 |  Forget about waiting for low tide.  We were close to the end and pushing hard
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 |  This part involved a lot of rock climbing
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 |  Its not good to have wet feet on long hikes. You get blisters
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 |  Some major erosion
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 |  More rocks.  Ouch
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 |  Im quite exhausted at this point and loving the flat sand to walk on
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 |  There were some small streams to cross
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 |  That hill in the distance is the end
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 |  Time to venture into the woods
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 |  The hike thru the rain forest was beautiful
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 |  Sites like this were so surreal
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