Actually, Eagle Beach was an excellent call. Saturday turned out to be an incredibly nice day. No clouds in the sky, but the temperature was around 22 – a bit chilly. We decided to take a drive out the road to see the sights. Many of the trails were inaccessible due to snow pile up, but we did mange to find a parking spot near Eagle Beach and headed out for our walk. This first photo is of Michele and Barkley from the scenic overlook, taken before we found where we wanted to hike around.
And now here they are, walking down along the beach. That is snow you see in front of them, even though it does look a little like water. We were lucky int hat it wes low tide out there at the time, so we could walk pretty far out there.
We did let Barkley off his leash for a few minutes. He’s fine about not running away from us… unles he sees another dog. And that’s why he only got to go off-leash for a few minutes. Another dog came down with a family about 100 yards from where we were. As soon as Barkley caught a glimpse (or whiff perhaps) of the other dog – he was off to the races. We tracked him down – we just know that all dog owners don’t like starnge dogs playing with their dogs – and he had not caused any trouble. But it was back on the leash for him. That meant it was my turn for a bit.
I actually did not realize how bright it was out there until I looked over the pictures. Some of them did not come out as well as we had hoped because the reflection off the snow was so strong.
This is a shot of the view we got to take in during the walk. Not too shabby (especially since it’s only about a 20-minute drive from the house)…
Once we walked out a little ways, we came across these neat sheets of ice. They looked like pieces of glass, and would shatter just like glass when you threw them or stepped on them. Here I am holding one of the ice sheets, though it’s kinda hard to see because of the sun…
Here are a few cool shots of those ice sheets on the sand…
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I think this one was the best photo of the bunch (taken by Michele, of course). This is the sand we were walking on. It had this ripple effect going, which made for a pretty sweet photo with the sun’s rays hitting it just right…
And here are two photos of the sun on its way down. It was due to set right around 4pm, but it fell behind the mountains a little earlier than that. Once the sun went down, it was time to get back. We were both surprised out how noticeable the temperature difference felt without the sun out. We went from comfortable to really cold in about 4 minutes.