We headed up the coast and into Washington. We had reservations at Kalaloch Campgrounds for 4 nights but missed the first two nights due to our delay with truck repairs in Colorado. We were going to have to change campgrounds after a couple days. I had read about South Beach Campground at Olympic National Park that was a first come first serve. Since it was a Tuesday night in mid May and it was on the way to Kalaloch, we decided to stop and check it out. We found a site at the edge of the ocean bluff with a great view. We would be able to stay as many nights as we wanted and decided on 4 nights. We wanted to spend a day at the Hoh Rainforest and at least another day at a couple of different beaches. With our National Park Senior Lifetime Pass the cost was only $10 per night. What a great deal! Only about 12 sites of 50 were taken.
We spent the afternoon and evening walking along the beach and relaxing. There were so many giant logs on the beach and we found many sand dollars. We met a couple from Washington who were camping next to us. They had recently returned from walking the Portuguese Camino and we had a nice conversation with them.
That night we fell asleep to the sound of crashing ocean waves. It was the best night sleep we had on the entire tripo far! We are so glad we decided to stay at South Beach Campground.
