The third beach trail near the beginning First view of the ocean on the South Beach Olypmic trail Starting down our first beach leg on the south beach olympics trail Beach art on the south beach olympics trail Beach art on the south beach olympics trail Lots of interesting offshore rocks on the south beach olympics trail The first "headlands climb" - this is probably 60 degrees or more - VERY steep - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking back down at the beach once we climbed up - on the south beach Olympics trail Another one of the headland climbs - on the south beach Olympics trail This was pretty close to a vertical climb - on the south beach Olympics trail This is probably steeper than it looks - on the south beach Olympics trail More of the fun climbing - on the south beach Olympics trail Back in the woods - on the south beach Olympics trail One of the grand views from the trail on the headlands - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking North from the headlands - on the south beach Olympics trail The trail thru the woods is VERY lush - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking north from the headlands - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking out to sea - on the south beach Olympics trail There were lots of interesting rocks offshore - on the south beach Olympics trail We will be headed back uphill at that next point - on the south beach Olympics trail You can see the rope coming down the hill - we had to climb up that to get back onto the trail - on the south beach Olympics trail This was a HUGE pile of garbage - I think they must have a cleanup day or something and dump it all here - there is TONS of garbage that washes ashore Closeup of the garbage pile - on the south beach Olympics trail Interesting rocky part of the beach Old shelter at Toleak point - on the south beach Olympics trail Blurry photo of the old shelter at Toleak Point - on the south beach Olympics trail Our campsite at Toleak Point - night 1 - on the south beach Olympics trail - it was kind of wet View from our campsite at Toleak Point on night 1 - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking south from our campsite at Toleak Point - Those rocks were at the point of Toleak Point - we were a bit north of the point - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking north from our campsite at Toleak Point - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking north from our campsite at Toleak Point - on the south beach Olympics trail Looking south from our campsite at Toleak Point - on the south beach Olympics trail Rocks offshore at Toleak Point Beach south of Toleak Point - on the south beach Olympics trail Beach south of Toleak Point- on the south beach Olympics trail We will be climbing up that hill shortly- on the south beach Olympics trail More interesting rock outcroppings - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north from the headlands - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking at the rock from the headlands - on the South Beach Olympics trail This didn't come out well - it was REALLY dark under this tree - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north from the headlands - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north from the headlands - on the South Beach Olympics trail I had to take a picture of this - I'm not sure I've ever seen a root like this - on the South Beach Olympics trail A "Candelabra Tree" - on the South Beach Olympics trail A small waterfall on a tributary of Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail A small waterfall on a tributary of Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Crossing the tributary of Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail There were some very large spruce trees along the trail - and LOTS of sword ferns Our first glimpse of this interesting flat rock - on the South Beach Olympics trail - I believe this is Alexander Island More fun climbing - on the South Beach Olympics trail After we came down from the headlads after crossing Goodman creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Another shot of the interesting flat rock offshore - I think that might be Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north from just past Goodman Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking south just after Goodman creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Some VERY large trees washed up as driftwood - on the South Beach Olympics trail Approaching Mosquito Creek - it is more of a small lake at the outlet - on the South Beach Olympics trail Mosquito Creek Beach at Mosquito Creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Mosquito Creek emptying out into the ocean - on the South Beach Olympics trail Weird bumps on a tree - just above mosquito creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Hmmm - what does that look like? - on the South Beach Olympics trail Our campsite at Mosquito creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Some more ocean trash being used in the campsite - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Sunset over Alexander Island - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking over Mosquito creek - on the South Beach Olympics trail Alexander Island in the morning light - on the South Beach Olympics trail Huge trees on the Hoh Head trail - on the South Beach Olympics trail Lots of walkways like this - on the South Beach Olympics trail This was a HUGE uprooted tree - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking back north from the Hoh Head trail - on the South Beach Olympics trail An interesting set of carved steps - on the South Beach Olympics trail This was with a flash - this section was like nighttime - on the South Beach Olympics trail Forest on the Hoh Head trail - on the South Beach Olympics trail One of the more difficult descents - this part was missing a few steps down below and was really steep - on the South Beach Olympics trail The last part of the descent from the Hoh Head trail to the beach - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking back up at the "stairs" - on the South Beach Olympics trail Some kind of critter was walking down the beach. I'm thinking it might have been a fox - on the South Beach Olympics trail More pawprints on the beach - on the South Beach Olympics trail Looking north - those are the headlands we came from - on the South Beach Olympics trail While waiting for the tide to recede, we saw something in the water - I think it might be an harbor porpoise - on the South Beach Olympics trail This was one of the areas we needed to get around - we waited for 3 hours for the tide to recede before we could get by - on the South Beach Olympics trail This was one of the areas we needed to get around - we waited for 3 hours for the tide to recede before we could get by - on the South Beach Olympics trail This was the area after we got past the point - this was just north of diamond rock - on the South Beach Olympics trail We thought we would have sand walking after we got past the point, but all we found was more rocks - both big and small - on the South Beach Olympics trail Coming up to where the Hoh river dumps into the ocean - there were thousands of birds here Coming up to where the Hoh river dumps into the ocean - there were thousands of birds here Coming up to where the Hoh river dumps into the ocean - there were thousands of birds here Interesting rock formation in the Hoh River Hoh River valley