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Murdock Beach

3 February 2024 • 270 km / 168 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 24 March 2024
  • Washington 75

Lisa and I drove out to Murdock Beach for a bit of beachcombing.

We didn’t find much for fossils (this is a new venture for us both), but we did find some good scenery (especially beached logs) on a blustery winter afternoon.

Weathered driftwood logs with peeling reddish-orange bark, likely madrone, lying on wet gray sand strewn with pebbles, seaweed bits, and visible boot prints on a beach.
Tree trunks embedded in the sand on an ocean beach.
A rocky, pebbled shoreline at Murdock Beach under a wide, mostly blue sky with wispy clouds, where fallen tree trunks and driftwood spill down from a moss-draped forested bluff on the right and a couple of small figures search along the beach on a winter afternoon.
People look for fossils on the beach on a winter afternoon.
A close-up of weathered, cracked wood on driftwood or an old log, showing peeling bark, exposed grain, and warm reddish-brown and orange tones with a small knot and thin dried strands across the surface.
A close-up of a worn tree trunk.
A close-up on a pebble beach where a large reddish-brown object with a fibrous, wavy-grained surface lies in the right foreground beside smooth grey stones, an elongated speckled rock, dark tangled seaweed, and a smooth dark boulder.
Stones and driftwood on a beach.
A close-up of a large weathered driftwood log lying diagonally across damp gray sand, its surface streaked with dark brown, reddish, and silvery grain patterns. Scattered pebbles and a few small rounded stones rest on the sand beside the log at Murdock Beach.
A worn tree trunk on a sandy beach.
A close-up of weathered, splintered driftwood showing reddish-brown fibrous strands frayed and peeling away from the darker, water-stained grain of the log, at Murdock Beach near Port Angeles, Washington.
A close-up of weathered driftwood at Murdock Beach, showing smooth bleached grain in shades of pink, gray, and tan with several dark knots and a central hollow knot containing a wisp of dried fibers.
A small sprig of green conifer needles rests against the surface of weathered driftwood, whose swirling grain glows in warm reddish-brown and amber tones. A long vertical crack splits the smooth polished wood on the right side of the frame.
A tree trunk with a crack and a branch with some fresh needles on it.
A close-up of smooth, partly buried rocks on wet grey sand at low tide, with shallow streams of water branching across the beach and reflecting the pale blue sky. The sand shows delicate rivulet patterns draining around the stones.
Wet sand with rocks and water on the beach.
Shallow water washing over wet gray sand at Murdock Beach, with thin sheets of foam and scattered bubbles catching cool blue light as small waves ripple across the flat shoreline.
Water flows over rocks as waves crash onto shore.
Foamy seawater washing up over dark, wet sand at Murdock Beach, with white sea foam tracing swirling lacy patterns across the shallow tide.
Water flows over rocks as waves crash onto shore.
Poulsbo to Port Angeles, Washington, and back · 270 km / 168 mi
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