Blanche & Lucy visit the Washington Coast

Blanche and Lucy, their friend Luey and their 'peoples'  took a long hike today through beautiful the Cedar forest to the furthest North West point in the US - Cape Flattery, Washington.

This is the land of the Makah Natives who were the first inhabitants here.   The Cedar trees were the most important trees for these people.  They used the bark for clothing and baskets and hats and the wood for canoes, homes and more.  Double click on this photo to read more.

This plaque explains what is happening to the ground and ocean land here - slowly reducing the land we stand on with the pounding surf.

The pacific west coast is so different from what we are used to in the east.

And yet there are some areas where it reminds me of the Maine coastline of Bar Harbor.

The Cedar trees here in the north west are magestic.  Many lumber companies are located here and harvest these trees for use all over the US for building homes and furniture.

Being in Arizona all winter we miss watching the wonder of the ocean.

We stayed here for quite a while just watching the blue ocean crash against the rocks.

These huge rocks in the middle of the ocean with trees growing out of them are called 'Sea Stacks'.

This plaque talks about this location being the point from which the Makah Natives first saw the Europeans who came to their land. Double click to read more.

Here we are standing on the 'furthest northwest point of land' in the US overlooking Cape Flattery.

Driving along the Makah reservation in the early morning we were graced with beautiful reflections.

Leaving the Makah reservation we took time to visit the museum of the Makah Indian Nation.

Leaving we said goodbye to the Makah totems.