We made it!  The Park looks amazing and the town looks perfect for summer exploration!  We settled into our site and got things organized before heading out to explore.  The weather was perfect and since we have been promised lots of rain this summer we will take advantage of any day with sunshine!

Westport is a fishing, tourist town with a waterfront on the Gray Harbor Bay and the Pacific Ocean on the western side of town.  There are places to buy fresh fish right off the boats; restaurants that cook the fresh fish; places to clam, walk on the beach or even drive, and even a variety of gift shops and bars!  This is going to be fun.

Today we ventured out of town after a drive on the beach!  Grayland Beach is only a few minutes from our home and is definitely going to be a regular spot to hang out.

Duke loves the beach but he wasn’t sure about this creature.  We think it was dead but he jumped a couple of times before moving on to the next great find.

This area is also know for Cranberry Bogs and Ocean-Spray has a processing plant nearby.  We tried to find some bogs but it is too early and all we saw were the empty fields.  The bogs were not really very impressive and some of the buildings around the bogs were pretty ruff looking and I can’t wait to see the cranberries when they are actually growing.

While we are here we hope to see a lot of Northwest Washington so today we drove south along the coast to the bay that is at the bottom of the state, near Oregon.  The coast of Washington is not picturesque like Oregon or California but it is still exciting.

We made it as far south as the town of Raymond were we found this fun little store to explore.  It was a antique store with lots of cool stuff and some real JUNK!!!  Of course Paul had to find something that we just could not live without.

The big sign only had Ed’s name but the smaller sign and the signs inside included Deb’s name!  I think Deb was tired of Ed getting all the credit for the Junk they have!!!  Our find was a new heater to keep us warm!

We also located the closest golf course, 20 miles away so probably won’t golf every week.  We also located the post office, quilt store and a local traveling potluck church benefit!  Stay tuned, this is going to be fun!

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