Sea of Dreams

With backpacks loaded with goodies including freshly smoked Halibut and Black Cod from a friendly man we met in Neah Bay, fresh veggies, a bottle of wine, french cheese, whiskey, four logs of treated firewood, and other necessities, I headed down the muddy path to Shi Shi beach in Olympic National Park last weekend with my girlfriend, Aubrey. It was a spectacular afternoon with warm sunlight shining over Washington State for possibly the first time this year. Spring leaves were starting to show themselves, and yellow flowers were crawling out of the swamp. After setting up camp we wandered down to the beach to watch the sun say its farewells. Over the course of the next hour I watched as the sky faded to the deep blues of the night sky, dotted with twinkling stars. It