How cool is this!  Amy & Nick (boyfriend) came to Washington on their summer vacation  and spent a few days with us in Westport.    I was a little concerned there are not enough attractions to entertain the 20+  crowd but who would have known, Nick has been here before, in fact he spent several summers in Hoaquim which is about 25 miles from us helping his dad run a bed & breakfast.   We took a day trip to  The Hoaquim Castle where we got a private tour of this really cool place.  The Castle sits on a hill overlooking the bay in a neighborhood of some really nice homes.  We had been to Hoaquim many times and never knew about this area.

The Castle was awesome and it was really fun having Nick give us some of the scoop from when he spent time here as a teenager.  I had also done some research about the local sites and found out that Kurt Cobain was from Aberdeen.   Actually I had no idea who he was but the ladies at the quilting class did and they said we should check out the memorial to him and the bridge where he lived part of his teen years!  Yikes!  Well, after some research I found out he is from the band Nirvana from the 90’s.  Heavy Metal, Grunge!  No wonder I had no idea who he was, I spent the 90’s raising two all american teenage daughters that were into country music, cheerleading and horses!  Anyway, since it is the big claim to fame here in Grays Harbor we looked the park up and went there.

The memorial was a small park at the end of a quiet little street along the river right next to the bridge that he was suppose to live under!  Nick helped me to understand what grunge is and even found me a song that I actually recognized.   The most interesting part about the fact that Kurt Cobain lived in Aberdeen when he became famous is the women in my quilt class, all over 60 knew all about him and one of them had a son that hung out and jammed with Kurt!

Nick loves to fish and all that guy stuff so we tried our luck!  It is getting late in the season, we had 4 nets in the water and were able to find 3 crabs large enough to take home.  Our second day was the same- 3 more.  We have never gotten more than 3 when we have gone.  I think the crabs are on the floor of the bay thinking, those nets have their limit, lets eat somewhere else!!!

I enjoy crabbing but kiting, beachcombing and walking are my favorite activities here in Westport and while Amy & Nick were here Long Beach had a kite festival.  We made the 1 hour trip, and so did about a million otherpeople!!!  We saw lots of kites but it was way too windy to fly our kites so we just sat on the beach and watched the expedition kiters until the wind made us retreat!  It was so windy I still have sand embedded in my ankles.

Not sure of the importance of this!  A giant skillet is on display in the middle of the town of Long Beach!  Still a fun picture.

Sunday was take the kids to the airport day.  The trip is about 2 hours and we had planned to leave early and stop in Tacoma for lunch and see a museum before we had to drop them off!  We were planning to see the Glass Museum but with traffic and a stop at Cabello’s we didn’t make it in time to pay the $12 and tour the museum.  We did enjoy the outside exhibits!

Paul is leaning against the fountain to cool off.  We haven’t had temps above 75 this summer so our bodies were having a difficult time adjusting!  In the background is the Hot Room of the museum.

This is the wall of glass on the bridge over an Interstate in Tacoma.

I have no idea!  Paul and I have decided we want to see the museum so our next trip to Tacoma is in about a week.  I will give a full review of the museum then.

 

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