Wet Welcome - The Road is calling... OWGrv is answering.

First, a few photos of scenes along the way…

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest!

Land of the chainsaw carvings, including many of Big Foot. We wondered if many of the claimed 598 confirmed sightings were of these carvings?

Tall trees make for interesting roadway corridors.

Sun rays through streaming through the mist. For an otherwise dreary place when it’s raining, it can be beautiful if the light is just right.

Today was a fairly easy day. Departing the campground after Scott’s 9AM Teams meeting, we headed towards Ocean City RV Resort in the “other” Ocean City in Washington. It was raining and we did not see much in the way of attractions, so we arrived at 12:30PM, early by our usual standards, for Scott’s third call of the day. Luckily there were no tall trees so we got the Starlink set up in time.

Settled into Site 2 at Ocean City RV Resort

While Scott was in his meeting, the rain had let up and Tom took a walk to the beach. After talking to people most of the morning – something Scott dislikes doing – he napped for a bit while Tom worked.

On the way to the beach, first you cross a coastal stream.

Then you go through a rain forest.

Then through the dunes and beach grass.

And, finally, you are at the beach.

The surf was rough and loud.

The shore birds putting on a choreographed show – see video below

Then around 4 we went sightseeing on the west coast of northern Washington state. We drove on the beach for a while and took lots of pictures at Point Grenville, a Loran station established in the 1950s and decommissioned in 1980.

We went as far West as the Jeep will take us.

A very tall Totem pole, and Scott for scale.

Tom complained that the safety fence was too far from the cliff’s edge to get good photos that peered down to the beach, and that it probably enticed more people to jump the fence, who otherwise might not. Tom found a way around the problem, and got these photos.

View from Point Grenville,

We couldn’t tell if that was fog rolling down the mountain or ocean spray being blown up from the sea.

The rocky shoreline sure beats the East Coast views.

We then headed back to the campsite and decided to see what restaurants were available nearby. Our first choice was closed despite being open “on the internet.” The second, third, and fourth were eliminated for various reasons like closing soon. We finally decided on Red Genie Pizza, which was excellent.

We plan to go to Mike Chapman’s cabin tomorrow – with perhaps a hot spring soak beforehand.