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stayinschoolsayszuul t1_ixk3cfw wrote

Replying to ckopfster (#640,979)

Yeah it was definitely cold 🥶 but we just camped there without reservations and with no close neighbors. Camping heaven! No way I could get this spot at any peak time. Got really lucky it didn't rain during our stay, the kalaloch gods were with us.

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Studious_Noodle t1_ixk4sah wrote

Looks like it could be a scene from Lord of the Rings.

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CrankyReviewerTwo t1_ixk8990 wrote

Love Kalaloch. I camped there in November, many years ago - it rained so much the day before I arrived, but when I arrived I saw only clouds and then sunshine. Bliss.

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Onlycardleft t1_ixkc0qs wrote

When I was 17, I took time off and rode my road bike down to Astoria and back around the OP, camping on the beach at Kalaloch. Free camping on the beach in 1971. Best teenage trip ever. I think the OP is the last best place.

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bunkerbash t1_ixkc3e6 wrote

Oh man I love this. Would you mind if I painted it?

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Dr_Adequate t1_ixke45b wrote

Replying to Onlycardleft (#642,786)

I used to ride my motorcycle out to the coast and camp whenever and wherever I wanted to twenty-five-ish years ago. Long before reservations were necessary. Pack my stuff Thursday evening, ride to work Friday, take off early, and head west with no destination in mind. Can't do that any more but at least I have the memories.

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Shisty t1_ixke4di wrote

Replying to ckopfster (#640,979)

My boss camps here every summer. You have to log on a year exactly in advance right in the morning when they come available. He has to do each day otherwise he won’t get his whole trip.

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1201_alarm t1_ixkn8lq wrote

I love going to the coast in the fall/winter.

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ladylee_avdelakes t1_ixlbcuc wrote

Wow, this place is so freaking cool. Thank you for sharing. ONWARD, TO KALALOCH!

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Camman10191992 t1_ixlbo4h wrote

I know that spot very well. My grandparents would take my brother and I there every summer and we loved thst spot because it was semi private, had multiple tent spots and your own trail to the beach.

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Teknuma t1_ixmfq2y wrote

Driving through that very busy campground in summer is insane. There is a more primitive CG to the south that often has openings.

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chapact t1_ixml3kx wrote

Any decent surf nearby?

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Agreeable_Situation4 t1_ixms68d wrote

Nice! It's all snowy in the other side of the mountains. I'm over it lol

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hippomar t1_ixmwgvk wrote

Do you mind sharing that site number?

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punkmetalbastard t1_ixmwm5s wrote

I understand the reason for it, but it really sucks that they moved everything to Recreation.gov. It used to be pretty easy to swing through the WIC in Port Ángeles and snag a walk up reservation at least for somewhere like 2nd or 3rd beach if you even needed one at all. Once, also in November, I carried a bundle of wood on my backpack for camping at 3rd beach. We were the only ones who had a fire that night 😎

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Deej811 t1_ixn4xp8 wrote

My family and I camped at kalaloch from the late 70s every August for a week. It was first come first serve, we gave up camping there and bought some land on the coast because it became impossible to get good spots. I still miss it though, lots of great memories.

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