Day 7.137: Ferry Beach State Park

After the parade yesterday, we went for a short visit to Ferry Beach State Park. It's fair to say we were a little confused by its name, because although it is very close the the ocean it is surrounded by roads and has no coastline.

Still, we had a nice hike on the boardwalks and trails - and saw some very pretty plants - some of which we can now identify thanks to the drawings on the signs near the parking lot - top left: Starflower, top right: Canada Mayflower, bottom middle: Gold thread.

Unfortunately it was very buggy in the woods and we had to put on a brave face and keep moving briskly to avoid the worst of the bites despite our bug-spray. Finally, E5N1 sprinted off the trails, down another path, through a tunnel under the road, across the dunes, down the beach and into the ocean:

...or something like that. Yes - the park may not have a beach of its own, but it does have a rather nice access to one and since we have a season pass, we may make use of that as the beach parking gets more in demand.