We had considered staying in the campground there, but we were so comfortable at the Beluga Point RV Park that we just stayed there and drove to the park. When we arrived we were on a bluff overlooking the ocean; since it was low tide, we could go down onto the beach, which we decided to do.
Alaskan beaches are extremely rocky, and this beach seemed particularly so. The tide was so far out, many huge boulders and rocks were exposed. (We are especially impressed that boats are able to traverse this boulder maze. The captains must have very good instrumentation because the sand bars and rocks are everywhere, and we suppose the sand bars move around a bit.) The smaller beach rocks were very rounded and smooth as a result of all of the erosion, and the erosion has shaped many of them into intriguing shapes. We had seen some of them for sale in the visitor's center; we didn't find any on the beach that were worth keeping.
Walking on the beach was a challenge. The rocks were unsteady and "tippy," the mud flats . . . well, they were muddy. I took one step out and regretted it. The shoes are still drying from the cleaning they needed when we got back. Also, the sand is very grainy with volcanic rock, not soft like in California.
We also noticed the cliffs around the beach are indeed unstable. This tree and dirt had fallen rather recently.
We can't imagine the tides getting that high up on the cliff, but something is eroding it away. It is another example of the ever-changing landscape of the seashore.
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