We stayed in Eel Creek Campground which was a very short walk to the entrance of the Dunes. As we arrived, we checked out our site and thought there must have been a mistake, it was huge! There was no mistake, the sites here are really large, built for both RV's and tents making it a lot easier when you book.
The toilet block
The facilities were basic with no hook ups and no showers but there were flushing toilets and even soap, something we haven't had in toilets for a while!
After pitching, we walked up the dunes. Walking up sand dunes is incredibly difficult, aside from the steep climb, the sand is constantly moving under your feet pushing you back down. But once at the top, the view was stunning and it was well worth the climb.
Unfortunately, we didn't get any videos or photos of us coming back down the dunes which is much more fun than going up them. The camera was hidden away to protect it from getting any further sand inside the lens. I slid on my bum like a slide whereas Lee went for the giant steps and just hoped that he didn't fall forward.
Whilst on the top of the dunes, we met Matt, a fellow traveler road tripping around the US. We headed back to his campsite and shared travel stories, Matt was heading down from Washington to California and we were heading in the opposite direction. Matt had lots of great advice on what we should see in Seattle, most of which we managed to do. We hopefully gave Matt some advise on the Redwoods and California.
Once the sun had completely gone and it was dark, we headed back to our campsite where we headed to bed after another long day.
I know by commenting on day 99 today I have still to go back to previous blogs and I will :-)
ReplyDeleteYes a nice big plot for camping no showers but soap in the toilets so strip wash in toilet wash basins after dunes was a possibility ;-) ??
Glad you made it both to the top of the dunes even if Sam was carrying 2 kg of sand in her shoes by the time she got to the top :-)
Bet the decent was a lot of fun sad there was no footage but understand the camera had to be protected.
Nice to hear you met Matt. Hope you were able to tell him he can follow you on RT48 and maybe you can follow him on his way to California?
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Wow that is a big pitch and nice and secluded/sheltered too. Must have been fun to swap stories with a fellow traveler as well.
ReplyDeleteThe soundtrack to the video was spot on and the vid itself was great. It sounded really hard work from all the breathlessness and panting going on. I liked Lee encouraging Sam whilst gasping to catch his breath. Some great views although it sounded very windy too.