Daily Archives: March 4, 2011
Chocolate Crafters and One-Eyed Crabs . . .
After fixing coffee this morning the first thing I did was to go outside and move our truck. I knew Nick and Terry were going to pull out and dump their tanks next door and I wanted to be sure that they had room to get back in.
About 11 am I headed back out to re-survey some of the power outlets that Nick and I had located a few days ago. I was trying to reconcile the two different maps that I had, to be sure we know where all the power hookups are.
Finishing that up, just like yesterday, about 2pm I headed out to try to round up the last of the door prizes. And I made a lot of progress, leaving just a few to wrap up tomorrow.
One of the places I wanted to try was Chocolate Crafters, much recommended by Laurie and Odel at Semi-True Tales of Our Life on the Road, one of the blogs Jan reads everyday.
And Laurie was right. You start drooling when you walk in the door. They gave me a number of samples, including my favorite, the Kona Coffee Bark, with real Kona coffee in it.
I’m going back tomorrow to pick the door prizes, and this time Jan wants to go with me. Funny how that worked out.
About half an hour after I got back, Nick called about 5:15 to see about supper.
The 6 of us ended up at The Ranch House Restaurant, a couple of miles away. We got there just in time, since about 15 minutes after we were seated, they were on a wait.
The food was pretty good, but the consensus was that it wasn’t as good as Famous Dave’s BBQ.
And, as become our routine, we adjourned to a nearby DQ for ice cream and more conversation.
Coming home we stopped off at Wal-Mart so I could get a webcam so we can Skype with Master Landon back in Houston.
Thought I’d repost our visit to Westport, WA last May with our friends Al & Adrienne. Great fun!
More tomorrow . . .
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Pelicans and One-Eyed Crabs…
Posted on May 20, 2010
We picked up our friends, Al and Adrienne, about 9 am and headed out for breakfast at The Fogcutter restaurant down near the beach.
After breakfast we walked across the street to check out the Gray’s Harbor Light Station, the tallest lighthouse in the state of Washington. Very picturesque.
Next we walked down to the end of the road to check out the ocean. Certainly a lot calmer than yesterday.
Then it was on to the marina area to look for pelicans and sea lions. And boy did we find them.
But this picture is just the beginning.
When we got to the marina itself, specifically pier 21, they were everywhere.
The whole end of the pier had about 300 pelicans all lined up.
And some sea lions too.
And more pelicans.
It looked like a pelican convention.
And more sea lions. They kind of sound like dogs barking.
These guys look like they’re doing some serious thinking.
And this old guy is just catching some rays.
I think he knew we were talking about him. Note the one eye open now.
I think this one’s kind of old too. He was the last one to fly away when we came down on the pier.
They had some really nice boats here, like this trimaran.
But this one looks like something you’d take a “3 hour tour” on.
Next we drove over to Grayland to check out the clam beach. Here’s Al, Adrienne and Jan walking out to the waterline.
The sandpipers were running around too.
The surf was still pretty rough, Note all the sand still stirred up in the waves.
This is a razor clam which is what everyone goes clamming here for. They’re called razor clams for a reason. The edge of the shells are razor sharp and it’s very easy to cut your hand just picking one up. Don’t ask Jan how she knows.
We didn’t realize how far we had walked until we looked around for the truck.
On the other side of the main road from the beach there are cranberry bogs everywhere.
After getting back to the rig, about 2 pm we headed over to Aberdeen for the 3 pm showing of Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe. Although it changed the story up from the conventional telling, it was really good.
After getting back from the movie, we headed over to have dinner at The One-Eyed Crab again. And it was worth the 2nd trip. Just as good as last night.
We got home about 8:30 pm, just in time to watch the season finale of “Fringe”
More tomorrow…
