Monday - On the road again, we made our short jaunt down to Hoquiam, 101 miles. Joe and I ran into Forks before we left, and I showed him where we picked the blackberries yesterday. We were on the road about 9:45, and arrived at our very nice campground about 12:30. Our drive through the Olympic National Forest was pretty -- sure are lots of trees up here. And the forests are very thick with vegetation.
The marine mist was with us off and on, making some pretty sights.
We stopped at one pull-off for a beach view, but it was a pretty steep cliff to get down to the water so we didn't even attempt that. There was some neat driftwood down there, though.
Marilyn was back at her obsession with blackberries, there happened to be some right here where we parked. Joe joined in this time.
Back on the road, we left the coastline shortly thereafter and headed on to Hoquaim. Our campground is right on the Hoquiam River in Grays Harbor, very well maintained with nice access to the river and a deck to sit on and watch the river go by. They have even hung hanging flowers on the trees by the deck and there are flowers on all the picnic tables. The park hostess said they see river otter, seals and deer, so I'm on the lookout!
We decided on pizza for dinner so we drove over to Ocean Shores on North Beach (I saw an ad for pizza here in a brochure). The pizza wasn't great but the drive was nice. As we turned the corner, there was a parking lot with lots of wooden sculptures on it. We didn't stop so I just got part of a photo.
Across the street from the pizza place was Sharky's, a souvenir shop I should have gone in (I thought it was a seafood restaurant at the time).
After we ate, we drove on down to the point. We probably saw 20-25 deer, in the median and in front yards. We saw several does with fawns, including one fawn nursing -- none of us had seen that before.
We drove to the end, and down to the beach but it was too cold to get out and enjoy, especially with the sea mist covering up any sunshine. There was only one person on the beach, so we weren't the only one thinking it was a little chilly.
Before we left town and because we missed a turn, we found the icon of Ocean Shores, a driftwood seahorse sculpture. We saw a smaller version and a driftwood horse in the front yard on our drive to the point, but this is the official one, in front of the Convention Center.
We got back to the campground about 7:30, no cards tonight, so I walked down to the river, no wildlife except a bird, so then I walked over to a very inviting campfire. It felt mighty good!
I spotted a strange-looking boat over in one of the rows of campers, so I walked around there to get a better look. I'm still not sure how it works, or if there were multiple ones on this trailer, but apparently it is something you pedal in the water. It was called a "seacycle."
This is what I found about it on-line.
"Yes, you really can Bike on Water! It
doesn't matter if you call it H20, water or hydro, you too can enjoy an
aquatic bicycle ride on any water body in comfort! Is it a bicycle on
water? affordable fishing boat? a comfortable pedal kayak? fun family
exercise or a unique water toy? You decide because we think it is all
of the above! 100% human powered biking on water is a way to enjoy
boating without gas motors. Our products are designed & built in the
USA!"
Guess I need to see it in action, maybe they will put it out here on the river tomorrow.
Collins did get some good news today. After he contacted Winnebago in Iowa and was told he couldn't get an appointment there until November, they told him they had a service center in Eugene, Oregon. So he contacted them and has an appointment for Aug. 21 (no one wanted appointments on that day because of the eclipse). So in addition to fixing his plumbing problem, he gave them a laundry list of items he wants them to fix or check, so that was a big relief to him. He will have to shorten his visit in Portland, but Eugene is on his way so that should all work.
We are probably going to have to turn the furnace on tonight.
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