Image above – A different/more recent outing, further south in Olympic National Park at Kalaloch South Beach.
News from a high school buddy that someone we knew back then (late 1970s) has passed away.
This brought up a memory from that time.
We lived in Kitsap County as teens. On two occasions in the mid/late 70s we hitchhiked with backpacks from home out to Lake Ozette.
This area is in the northern coastal section of Olympic National Park. The photo at the top of the page was taken in a separate coastal section of Olympic National Park located to the south.
My memory says there were 4 of us on one trip and two of us on another. For the larger group, we split up for hitchhiking into two groups of two.
From Lake Ozette, we walked out to the beach, then about 17 miles south to Rialto Beach. We then hitchhiked back home.
Still have the pack I used then:
Stove too:
Here is a detailed look at the hike:
Driftwood campfires on the beach every night.
On one of our return trips, the ride we caught somewhere on the Olympic Peninsula was headed to Bremerton. We got off there, then walked on the Bremerton ferry to Seattle, then the next ferry ride back home to the 1970s version of Bainbridge where we lived.