when you see the word 'beach' on a map, certain images are easily conjured up...however, in the Pacific Northwest a beach can be quite rugged...upon emerging from the path through the forest (see previous), the first sight of Wa Wa Kie Beach revealed an expanse of rocky, timber-laden shore...still I was the only person here, and reveled in the relative quietness, broken only by ravens' calls, and from somewhere in the distance, the bellowing of a sea lion

as for the name Wa Wa Kie, it is likely a mis-spelling of We Wai Kai, a native band that lives on Quadra