Today’s Mish Mash of Events

Laura Domela — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 22:07:47 +0000

Here's what we did today.

We had breakfast (fresh farm eggs from the farm market yesterday on top of steamed spinach, bacon, and a sprinkle of pecorino). And here's another ship, of course:

We drove into Cathlamet to have lunch and stop by the market. Here's an osprey and nest on top of a bridge on the way:

Passion flower outside the cafe where we ate:

A cool little free library kiosk in Cathlamet:

Then we put on the wetsuits and dry jackets and went for a sail. We started out so calmly…meandering back through Steamboat Slough with just a little bit of wind in the sails, kickin' back quietly watching osprey, heron, eagle. And then, soon as we rounded the tip of that island all hell broke loose as we headed back to camp. HUGE swells, TONS of wind (around 18mph). The Hobie handled (and Kevin handled the Hobie) very well in all that craziness. See here where it looks like just a straight line back to the Airstream? Heh, yeah. It's a bit misleading.

Sure was fun though!

Cathlamet, Washington

Laura Domela — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:54:52 +0000

We drove into Cathlamet today to have some lunch and get a few things at the market. Cathlamet has a pretty good little market, a pharmacy, a few restaurants, a hotel, a B&B, a hardware store, a nice marina (with some right-on-the-water camping, a lumber yard, realtors, etc…) It's a small town and has mainly the basics.

There's a bridge that'll take you over to Puget Island (where we're going on Friday, to what looks like a promising farmer's market at Two Rivers Farm). Excited for fresh produce and more farm eggs!

We ate lunch at one of the only spots that had reviews on Yelp for Cathlamet (there were two, and the other one didn't sound all that good). We opted for PJ's Pizza, Burgers, Breakfast & More. We had a burger and a club sandwich and shared both. The club was fresh, tasty … about what you'd expect for a basic club sandwich. The burger was fabulous though! Grilled fresh bun, beef, cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickes…very good. We'd definitely come back here.

After lunch we drove down to the Elochoman Slough Marina to check it out.

They've got what look like some really nice campsites right down on the water. I might like our location better here at Skamokawa Vista Park, but I'd like to stay at the marina sometime just to check it out. Sailing around out under the Cathlamet/Puget Island bridge would be fun…different scenery, and a walk to the market if you need something.

After lunch we walked down to the water and just wandered around town a bit.

Osprey nest near the tugs:

The Cathlamet Hotel:

The Bradley House Inn:

Some info about "the indian" and "white man." (This is strangely written, don't you think?)

We also learned that the hardware store is now closed and the owners are on vacation AT LEAST until July 24th. At least.

After our walk we got what we needed at the market (including two HUGE bundles of firewood for $4.99/ea) and headed back to camp. This is the market:

Just as we pulled in back at Skamokawa Vista Park, the Nisyros was heading back out to sea.

Update: Here's a shot of the tug we saw docked in Cathlamet (the Rachele Brusco) on its way out. It was towing a HUGE black barge.

Cathlamet – Riveted

Today’s Mish Mash of Events

Cathlamet, Washington