On Sunday, late in the afternoon, we drove over to Picnic Point County Park on Puget Sound. It was warm, in the 80s, and the parking lot was busy, but not quite full. The Park is on the west side of the shore-hugging railroad tracks, and there is a multi-level pedestrian bridge over the tracks to the park.

We could clearly see that the tide was in, and the beach was only a sliver of gravel. The last time we went to the park, the tide was out. Here’s what that looked like.

We were disappointed at lot being able to walk the beach. However, there were some different sights to see.

There’s a creek that empties into Puget Sound, and this is the outfall from the bluffs above. Some enterprising young engineer had tried to dam up the creek, the found it not possible. You can still see the remains of the earthen dam. Those two dogs were having fun playing in the water, though.

There was a great variety of driftwood on the little sliver of a beach. One was a fallen tree which had washed down the bluff, showing the remains of its root system.

This piece of driftwood needs a caption.

There is a ruined dock just north of this. This time, all the posts are mainly under water with the tide in.

Here’s what it looks like at low tide.

I wondered how that obviously sliced by a saw section of tree got down to the beach. I doubt that it grew there.

I have always loved the sound of the waves. These were high enough to have been the remains of the wake of a big ship out in the Sound.

Just as we were walking over the pedestrian bridge on the way home, we saw a train in the distance. I just had to take some video! It’s an Amtrak train.