May 31 - Clam Gulch, Alaska!

35 miles from Morgan's Landing is my "home" at Clam Gulch! It's on a bluff over looking the ocean.

Picnic table, electricity, water, what else do you need?  A welcome flag between the camper and the picnic table.

 You need a spinning kayaker for the front of your trailer!

You need a shed to store your extra junk plus a weed whacker, weed whacker gas, and other odds and ends.

You need a pavilion overlooking the ocean many feet below.

You need a momma moose and her two calves.

Momma and calves

Momma and calves

Off they go down into the forest.

This photo was taken at the top of the bluff near the overlook by the pavilion.

The mountains you see in the background are on the other side of the bay

The mountains across the bay.

The mountains across the bay are every changing.

Now it's time to go down to the beach.

On the way down there is water from the drainage ditches running on both sides of the "road."

 

I'm on the beach now and I'm standing next to one of those huge rocks. 

The rocks have no names, so Barbara named the rock on the left Ophelia and the one on the right Hamlet.

The ocean at low tide.

During low tide, you can see many treasures on the beach.

My campsite and the campground at Clam Beach are on the top of that bluff.

The tide is coming in.  This place is called Clam Gulch because a long time ago it was a popular place for digging up razorback clams.  However 6 years ago there were two big storms that wiped the razorback clan population out. Since that time, clamming has been illegal on Clam Beach and one of my jobs is to go down to the beach looking for people illegally clamming. 

High Tide, Ophelia and Hamlet are almost covered with water.