getting to the olympic peninsula involved:

ferrying across the puget sound,

driving through two islands,

crossing two bridges, and

going through forested hills bursting

with wild lupine and daisies.

we stumbled upon a clam & oyster paradise

(sequim bay) where literally every rock was covered

in creatures or had a fish, mini eel or starfish

burrowed underneath in the mud,

including a bright purple blobfish

that was speckled with gold dots near its face.