Copalis Beach, WA

On Sunday we drove 175 miles, almost 6 hours, from Netarts, OR to Copalis Beach, WA.

We passed thru several intesting port towns such as Oceanside, Cannon Beach, Seaside and Astoria. Astoria was quite fogged in but we were able to get pictures of the lenghty bridge we crossed over into Washington. There were several tankers sprinkled around throughout the harbor, which is the mouth of the Columbia River which goes on to form much of the border between the two states. From the perspective from that bridge, Washington appeared like a hilly, cloudy wilderness. There were a couple funny names on signs on entering Washington. Take "Dismal Nitch" and "Cape Disappointment" for example.

It seemed like we drove a long time thru that wilderness to our destination. There were just a few towns like Chinook, South Bend, Hoquiam, and Aberdeen along the way, those and a few oyster factories to see. It was like a nature trail, and one thing for sure, it was low tide. Lots of muddy wetlands. We meandered thru lots of logging territory, owned and managed by Weyerhaeuser.

Arriving at Copalis Beach Resort we had our pick of sites. We can hear, then we see (across the grasses outside our windows) the oceans waves roaring onto the beach. It's otherwise quiet here, with large deer comfortably grazing in open areas nearby.

Anne prepared a great dinner last night, then Dixie ran on the beach and we had a great sunset. We'll spend 2 nights here, with tomorrow getting laundry done.

Anne has family in Kent and Spokane in Washington, as well as in extreme northern Idaho, in Bonners Ferry. We hope to spend time with all of them.

On Tuesday we'll head out of Copalis Beach, moving on very close to the most northwest corner of the continental US, to a place called Clallum Bay, WA. Our next overnight stay may be down the road from there in Port Angeles, WA.