We're in Skamokawa, WA now, at Skamokawa Vista Park. Here's our new spot, right on the Columbia River: These spots along the river are all dry camping but there's plenty of sun and our fresh water tank is full so we should be good to go for the next couple…
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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…
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Distance: 16.6 miles Elapsed Time: 3:34:31 Avg Speed: 4.6 mph Max Speed: 8.7 mph We made ourselves a little figure eight around Welsh Island and Tenasillahe Island this afternoon. Fun! We saw plenty of ospreys, several herons, and one very large bald eagle. This is the southern tip of Tenasillahe Island:…
2 CommentsKevin just finished his first video in the "Chasing Ships" series. Here's yesterday's Alaskan Explorer (petroleum), headed out to sea. It is passing Morning Menad (Hyundais) on its way into Portland, if I remember right.
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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…
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People standing on the shore while the Pontovremon passes in front of them: Just as this guy — Morning Menad, below — was coming in (carrying Hyundais from Tacoma) we noticed it was going to pass an outbound ship — the Alaskan Explorer, an oil tanker headed to Valdez AK…
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This tug/barge combo passed by early this morning: Late yesterday afternoon: Ship view during dinner: Dinner turned out great. My mom requested either beef tenderloin with our homemade truffle butter or Shrimp Longhi and so we made both, with some haricots verts and some bubbly. (Not a great shot, but…
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The view West from our dinette/office: My mom will join us here shortly and be parked between us and that tree (below). We're cooking a birthday dinner for her tonight (belated, as she requested so we could do it out here). Should be really nice. (And it's our first trip…
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