We
had a lovely day's drive up to Cape Flattery, the most north westerly
part of the lower 48 states. Stopped at the small fishing villages of
Clallam Bay, Sekiu and Neah Bay in the Makah Indian Reservation. We
visited the Makah Indian Museum where we saw artifacts from a 500
year old village that had been lost under a mudslide near Ozette. It
took them 11 years to complete the dig there. The Makah Indians used
to be whale and seal hunters, going out in canoes, spearing the whale
then getting pulled about by the whale until it tired, after it had
been killed one man got into the water and sewed the whale's mouth
closed so it would not sink before they brought it in. Sure beats
going to the fishmonger to buy fish!
There
was a half mile hike over some very old boardwalks to get to Cape
Flattery, sadly the fog came in, so we did not see Tatoosh Island
with the lighthouse but spotted one puffin, lots of cormorants, one
sea lion and a bald eagle with a bird it had caught.
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| SEKIU WITH VANCOUVER ISLAND IN BACKGROUND |
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| MAKAH INDIAN MUSEUM |
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| CAPE FLATTERY |
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| CAPE FLATTERY - SUNNY SIDE! |
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| MISTY CAPE FLATTERY |
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| BALD EAGLE WITH PREY |
Those misty pics are so atmospheric. Make a lovely contrast to bright sunshine pics.
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