Kevin just finished two three four more videos of ships passing in front of our campsite at Skamokawa. So gorgeous, aren't they? Also, if you're totally into it and want to subscribe to Kevin's hexacopter video channel on YouTube, you can do that here. (That link is also a link to…
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Last night after dinner (clams!!) we went for a walk down on the beach. It's not a very long beach when the tide is high, so last night's walk was a little short. When we came back to the Airstream it had gotten dark enough for all the solar lights…
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Late this morning (after we decided to stay here at Skamokawa one more day) we decided to drive into Ilwaco to get some lunch and to stop at the fish market we usually go to when we're in the area ( Jessie's Ilwaco Fish Market) to get some fresh seafood for…
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Kevin got some nice footage yesterday morning (with the large hexacopter and the Sony NEX 5N) of a ship on its way into Portland. The water was glassy and the light was great. This is the Ansac Splendor, coming from Japan carrying (or picking up?) soda ash:
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Here's our festive little campsite at Skamokawa. Yesterday was my mom's birthday and we made for breakfast one of her favorites (and ours): crab cake benedict (modified, on a bed of wilted spinach instead of an english muffin) with sliced apples and fresh orange juice. It was sunny and warm…
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This morning around 5-something a.m. we were woken up by this ship's fog horn. We probably heard the horn five or six times before we saw the ship emerge from the fog as it headed toward Astoria. I think this ship is the Seastar Endurance. There's a great site we…
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It's still a bit gray out here today but word is that starting tomorrow it's 80s and all sun for the entire weekend. Ospreys are hunting out front and we've seen one big tug and a barge so far. Not bad. Tonight's agenda: after finishing up some more work, we'll…
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We're meeting up with my mom and her friend Judi today out at Skamokawa Vista Park for some ship watching and some campfires! This is one of our favorite close-ish to home spots, and we're looking forward to it!
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Yesterday when we had a little break in the stormy weather, my mom asked if we could try to get a photo of her with her dogs out on some of the huge driftwood pieces just out from our campsites, near the beach. We ended up with several really good…
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Here's another "out the Airstream window" shot of a container ship heading to Astoria from Portland: Here's so you can see how close the ship channel is to our campsite:
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