The Kitsap peninsula is beautiful this time of year - cool, relatively dry, and covered with a temperate rain forest. Located between the only 2 fjords in the continental US, it's a great place to take a break from the Texas heat. Plus we get to see the grandbabies.Today we took a hike down to Stavis Bay through the Guillemot Cove Nature Reserve. We hiked 1 1/2 m down the Sawmill Trail to the beach, then back up the old road to the parking lot. We traveled through a beautiful (although logged over) forest, repleat with ferns and moss growing on the trees. We had to cross a boggy wetland at the head of the cove, and then make our way to the beach. It was quiet and peaceful. The tide was coming in, but plenty of barnacle encrusted rocks were there for the girls to throw in the water. There were also lots of oyster and clam shells.
Tomorrow we were going to take another hike, but son-in-law Travis is receiving a Navy medal of some sort in a ceremony on the Naval base at 1 pm, so that's where we're heading.
stay cool,
rem
pics from the hike
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