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We left Seaside
looking for a place to get coffee. In Gearhart, just up the coast,
we found a lovely little Bakery and enjoyed our coffee and brekkies
there,
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We
were watched by the world's cuddliest, friendliest cat, who belonged
to the Bakery. Or perhaps that should be the Cat to whom the Bakery
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As we approached
the Astoria Bridge, we noticed a lot of Great Blue Herons along
the shore, including this frowzy guy with BedHead.
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Here's the
bridge to Washington. It's over four miles long.
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At
one of our stops for gas, I watched a man unloading his chainsaw
carvings on the roadside.
Sadly,
the Chainsaw Carving Festival at Westport has been cancelled for
this year. Drat!
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It was very
quiet at Westport, so we ambled around the harbor a bit, and walked
along the breakwater.
Tim
photographed a seal in the water near the floating docks.
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We were delighted
to see a number of Pelicans darting and swooping around. They
are beautiful birds.
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A few brave
souls were surfing. The air was very chilly and the breeze was
stiff.
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We stopped
at Lake Sylvia State Park for lunch. It is a pretty little place
and there were a few campers trying to get up the nerve to jump
into the cold water.
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On display
here was a memorial to Logging days, a 3 ft 8 inch diameter ball
carved of Sitka spruce. Loggers would try to stand on it and roll
it around the lake, in a contest to see who could stay on the
longest. Eventually it got waterlogged and sank.
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We decided
to take the ferry from Bremerton home, rather than battle the
I-5 in rush hour.
Here we are
approaching the Bremerton Ship Yards.
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Half
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Almost
an hour after we set out, we saw the skyline of Seattle come into
view. We'd hoped to see Mount Rainier too, but it was not visible
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Behind the
small Elliot Bay water taxi loom two huge cruise ships. Seattle
is a port for the Alaska trips.
The cruise
ships are berthed amongst the cargo ships - not a very pretty
place to stop.
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And finally,
a traffic jam of another kind, on First Avenue in Seattle. We
were stuck behind a horse and cart!
Heh, I kept
thinking of Kramer.
So that's
it. Once we recover from this one, we can start thinking about
next year.
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That's
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