RHH's photos with the keyword: ruby beach

The Giant Green Anemone is found all along the Pacific coast of North America from California to Alaska. This example was photographed in the tidepools at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park.

We've often found the Giant Green Anemone in large clusters in the tidepools along the Pacific coast of Washington, Oregon and California. These Anemones are closing as the tide recedes.

Posted in lieu of a trip to the Olympic Peninsula. We had planned a trip but called it off for various reasons. The photos are from a 2020 trip.

We had planned on traveling to the Olympic Peninsula yesterday and today, but due to busyness, the price of petrol and general malaise, decided not to go. I am posting these photos of Ruby Beach on the west side of the peninsula instead.

The last time we were in the Olympics we made sure we watched the sunset at Ruby Beach on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. We had our evening meal there and then walked the beach waiting for the sunset.

July 2020 was our last visit to Olympics National Park, though we hope to go again this summer. We had our evening meal there and then walked the beach waiting for the sunset.

This photo was taken while walking Ruby Beach and waiting for the sunset in Olympic National Park.

In 2020 we visited the Olympic Peninsula for a few days and managed to see a good part of the national park, to do some hiking and to get away for a few days. This is Ruby Beach on the west side of the peninsula. We walked the beach and watched the sunset there one evening.

Taken through a tunnel in one of the seastacks at Ruby Beach, the photo was taken at sunset on the west side of the Olympic Peninsula. We watched the sunset and the tide come in before going on to our place of rest for the night.

This is Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park. We never go to the Olympics without visiting the beaches along the west side of the Olympic Peninsula and Ruby Beach is our favorite.

We've been away for several days. We've been staying with our son and daughter-in-law in the northwest corner of Washington and my wife and I took a few days to travel to Olympic National Park on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. We took the ferry across to the peninsula and then traveled to the far west part of the park before working back to the north part of the park. On our way west, this was our first stop, Lake Crescent. We drove up the east side of the lake looking for orchids and stopping for photos. From there we went on to the Hoh Rainforest (first inset), a temperate rainforest on the west side of the mountains, one of three rainforests on the west side of the Olympic Mountains, and the most easily accessible of the three. At the Hoh we hiked the Hoh River River trail to Mineral Creek Falls, an easy hike of six miles out and back. Finished hiking there we drove further south to Ruby Beach (second inset) on the Pacific Ocean and walked the beach there for another five or six miles. We had our supper there as well and watched the sunset from the beach before heading to the town of Forks. The next day we drove around to the north part of the park and first explored part of the Sol Duc area before going on to Hurricane Ridge. From Hurricane Ridge we drove to Obstruction Point by way of an eight mile rough road and hiked the Grand Valley loop by way of Lillian Ridge (third inset), a strenuous hike of eleven miles with four thousand feet of elevation loss and gain. We spent the night in Port Angeles and then drove up the Deer Park Road, another rough gravel road, this morning and hiked to the top of Blue Mountain, a short hike with spectacular views. After driving back down we caught the ferry in Port Townsend and are "home" once again at our son and daughter-in-law and will be here until Monday when we return to Spokane.

Ruby Beach is part of the Olympic National Park, a huge park that encompasses the Pacific Ocean shore, several temperate rainforests, the Olympic Mountains, a number of rivers and lakes and is a stunning display of beauty.

It seems a bit odd to be posting a picture from home while in Australia, but I haven't had opportunity yet to look at any of my latest photos. This is being posted from a youth hostel in Cairns. We arrived today after nearly 21 hours of travel but went out this afternoon for a while to hike and take photos.

In a few hours we'll have left Washington behind and will be somewhere out over the Pacific Ocean on our way to Australia for our youngest son's wedding. I have no idea how often we'll be on line or what opportunity I'll have to respond to comments, but here's one last photo before we go, this of Ruby Beach on the Olympic coast.

One more photo from Ruby Beach and the Olympics. This may be the last photo I post for quite a while since we will be away to Australia for our youngest son's wedding in a few days and I will probably not have much time or opportunity, if any, to be posting and commenting while we are there.

Another photo from Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, taken as the sun went down at the end of a wonderful day of hiking and exploring.

Another sunset photo from Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park, this one taken by my wife.

Taken as the tide went out and the sun went down at Ruby Beach in Olympic National Park. If I remember correctly I got wet feet on this one.