The great Pac NW Kelp Snake
Sam had me cracking up all weekend! This is Dave coiling up a 15 ft length of kelp which Sam found on the beach and then dragged along on a hike through the woods! We were laughing so hard, Sam and I - Dave thought we were silly and kept telling us to leave it behind but Sam and I wanted to take this very long snake "friend" on a hike it had never been on before. Dave kept hearing a rustling behind us and kept thinking someone was following us - indeed - the kelp snake was! We then thought it would be hilarious to coil it up and put it in a tree. Only we would know the whole story. It will be funny to see if it's still there sometime 
I will note that dragging it was not exactly easy. It kept getting hung up on branches if we went off-trail a bit to a view point, or around fence posts at the trailhead.
Excellent driftwood forts on Point No Point beach! And we saw a baby seal, too, waiting for his mom to return from feeding. Beautiful weather up here! Amazing how warm 46 feels - ha ha!
What a beautiful post – had me laughing right along with you as much as when you were telling me on the phone! Thank goodness for your blog, because I can get my giggles over and over with each reading and each immersion in the pictures! THANK YOU!!