Going South

I realized today that for the first time that we are now traveling South on the 101 Freeway.  That can only mean one thing, we are headed back to California.  Oh, we still have a few more fun adventures to look forward to, but it's still kind of sad to think about going back home.  It's just not as much fun walking around my same old neighborhood day after day.

We drove out of the forest today and into the lumber towns of Hoquiam and Aberdeen.  We passed by the Hoquiam River RV Resort on our way to Westport and when we saw it, we were happy that they cancelled our reservation.  The town was all lumber mills hundreds of little identical houses down every street. Westport is so much better, a cute little fishing village just for tourists!

We arrived here in Westport and breathed a sigh of relief.  The RV Park is the best one in town, but everything here has a laid back beach feeling so it's clean but nothing special.  No wildlife to speak of, but lots of other dogs to sniff.


Kathe and Jim went out after lunch to walk to the lighthouse only to find they were on the wrong trail and would have to walk 8 more miles to get there.  So, they took the car and finally found it.  Grays Harbor Light Station dates back to 1889 and at that time it was actually on the high waterline. In the picture you can see trees all around it because it's now 250 feet back from the water.  Once they built the jetty, the movement of the water deposited sand and silt between the light house and the sea.  It's very strange to see a lighthouse so far away from the ocean and on dry land!  Jim walked up the 135 stairs to the top to take a picture while Kathe went to the gift shop.

Later that afternoon they walked the boardwalk, which is actually a pier out in the ocean.  A ramp takes you down to the marina and then you walk on a bridge out in the water away from the shoreline.  Lots of people were fishing and crabbing on this boardwalk and having fun.