Salt Creek 2009

Most of us showed up early Friday morning at Salt Creek Camp Grounds which turned out to be a good move.  We secured the sites we needed and within 20 minutes the sites all filled up.  I haven’t done a whole lot of camping the last few years , but found new interest in it.  Socializing by the camp fire added to the whole experience.  It would be nice to have a camp caddy for future trips (to set up and break down all the stuff).

Salt Creek is right on the Juan De Fuca Stait, just west of Port Angeles. There is a large kelp bed area that provides a neat environment to dive in.  We made a couple dives there Saturday.  On Sunday, after breaking down all that camp stuff and packing it away, we decided to rinse off the dive gear by making a couple dives at Lake Cresent.  The first site we dove at was right off the high way.  The main feature was a shear  rock wall that exceeded our depth limits.  The stucture coupled with tropical vis made this enjoyable way to maintain my equipment.  Darla and I drove back to reality after that, the rest of the group made another dive featuring an old sunken barge.  We really enjoyed ourselfs, including the company of everyone.  I would suggest that we plan more of this type of activity in the future.  I am open to suggestions.