East Side of Case Inlet
just south of McMicken Island
April will find cruisers returning to an old favorite at Joemma Beach State Park, on the East shore of Case Inlet just a bit south of McMicken Island. The Park has a floating dock and jetty along with a few mooring buoys (no power or water at the dock, but there is water on site). Anchorage is possible as well, although in unsettled weather, you may want to move overnight to the protection of McMicken Island.
This has historically been a great spot to fish and crab, but unless the crab season miraculously opens, you may have to content yourself with watching them scuttle busily below the jetty, blissfully ignorant of their ancestors’s fates.
We have rented the covered picnic shelter that includes 5 picnic tables and a couple of barbecues, so bring along the briquettes to grill your meat of choice to go with the potluck offerings. Happy hour will start sometime around 4:30, with the potluck to follow. There is plenty of parking for land cruisers as well, and it’s an easy drive from Olympia. Come and join us, stroll the lovely sandy beach and watch the sun set behind Hartstine Island!