The parking lot near the cemetery, entered via Sherman Road, was closed this morning due to agricultural herbicidal spraying so I drove down to Cook Road onto Ebey and parked at the beach entrance. (The upper parking lot should be open now). I walked up to the Bluff trail. The bluff is very green and some flowers are starting to bloom. It should be quite pretty in a few weeks. The gnarled old trees along the bluff are awesome to see. When I descended down the trail, I took the inland trail along the "ponds" and eventually crossed over to the beach. There are unusual interesting plants amid the flat, log strewn path abutting the beach. I love this area and if you look closely you'll see small colorful plants and flowers. Small birds and sometimes eagles like to perch on the logs.
The beach is a wonderful place to explore. I always find something different and new. There are beautiful rocks, unique patterns of seaweed, sea creatures, ducks and sometimes seals cruising in the water.
It was cloudy all day. The wind picked up in the afternoon making the beach walk a bit cold. Not many people today and the solitude was nice.
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