There is just a hint of sunshine and freshness here at the entrance to Sunrise Beach. We drove over on Sunday, just to catch a breath of invigorating air.

We walked in the rain, down to a little sheltered area on the beach, where the waves were pounding white foam onto the sand. This is a popular scuba-diving and snorkeling area, where there is a creviced wall about 30 to 60 feet deep and 100 feet long.
Wolf Eels and octopus inhabit the area. The current here can be hazardous, and awhile back someone perished while scuba-diving. Divers have to know the currents and the tides to explore safely.

The area all around Gig Harbor is still suffering the ravages of winter storms. Trees littered the edges of the roads, deadfall sprawled in the forests, and nothing seemed welcoming in the pounding rain.

The sky was deeply overcast, by the time we got to Crescent Lake. Rain pelted the water like a barrage of bullets or buckshot. A hypodermic syringe bobbed in the deitris, and someone had thrown garbage into the brush. A few scant leaves wobbled high on tree branches. We stayed only briefly, taking in the stillness across the lake, the pelting rain.