Day 16 - Hobbit Beach

We hoped to see the moss-covered Hobbity Wild Rhododendron Forest in bloom, but we only found one single, solitary flower - so high up there is no picture.

The Team descends to the Hobbity Glen, home of the legendary Freako Buggins.

Hobbity Glen usually has billions and billions of mushrooms, but today, there are just two.

Ella finds the tunnel to the beach.

The Team exits.

I am the Wizard of Hobbit - and I rule this beach.

Howlin' at the Unlikely Sea of Islands.

Barefeet folk at the sea of islands. The Wizard likes it when folks go barefoot. We opted to not.

This one was a pretty large and recent landslide.

The beautful mossy rocks and cliffs at the south end of Hobbit Beach. Hobbits live here.

The World-Famous Hanging Gardens of Heceta are falling off into the sea. This section is still hanging on.

The Hanging Gardens meet the sea.

Bald Eagle and Moonrise.

Incoming tidewater creates a mirror like surface.

This appears to be a new type of US Navy Single Wheeled Beach Assault Vehicle (known as a SWBAV, pronounced "Sweebav"). We wonder if it is also Plant-Based?

The Team at the trailhead back to Hwy 101.

Ella makes a case for returning to the beach. She didn't win this one.

Rhodos are resplendent in the sunshine - but alas - still no blooms.

The somewhat precarious driveway to our digs. The most hair raising part is the tiny opening you have to hit off Hwy 101. Even more hair raising is the speeding looney tailgating right behind -who - despite a right turn signal flashing and our vehicle slowing - can't understand that indeed there is a roadway there! That is our temp home just to the right of the driveway.

 

 

 

 

 

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