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I missed another week posting last week due to being busy with family gatherings. But we are back this week and this week we head once again to Olympic Peninsula. More specifically, we head to Dungeness Spit to walk the longest natural sand spit in US and to also see the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It is possible to walk to the end of the spit, but each way is over 8km long, making the out-and-back trip over 16km long. At the end of the spit, there is a light house but we did not walk that far during our visit and did not get to see the light house. Although long, the trail is completely flat, as it is just like a walk at the beach, albeit a very long walk. We only went 2km out on the spit, so we only made it a quarter of the way to the end before turning back. One interesting I noticed while walking the spit is that there were large waves on the open water side, but calm waters on the Dungeness Bay / Wildlife Refuge side.

Big sign by the road as we drove into the parking lot.

Welcoming sign as we approached the trail from the parking lot to go to the spit.

Pay station. In my subjective opinion, parks are definitely worth paying for.

Trail leading down to the spit.

We can see the spit from behind the trees. It seemed very long.

A more clear view of the spit from higher ground.

Almost there.

It is a very long way to the end of this thin strip of land / sand.

Big waves from the waters of Juan de Fuca Strait.

More waves. I think the mountains way far in the background is Vancouver Island?

We continue our way further down the spit.

My kids amazed by the waves. This was back in 2019, so they were still little back then.

Playing with sand.

Dead logs.

Freestanding dead log.

Dungeness Bay and wildlife refuge area on the other side of the spit. The water is much more calm on this side.

Comparing the two sides by putting them in the same photo. One side has constant waves crashing while the other side has calm waters.