Coastal Living Magazine, April 2005

Check out the article about Ilwaco. The Port is 2 miles from our front door.

Passport to the Discovery Coast....Lite Bite 2005

A benefit for the Clatsop County Women's Resource Center in Astoria. 12 restaurants provided tasty lite bites. We each had "passports" that were stamped at each restaurant table. It was a fun time!

Sous Chef Cleveland Graham, Chef/Proprietor Michael Lalewicz and Proprietor Nancy Gorshe of The Depot. They had the most excellent and delicious "Indian fry bread topped with smoked salmon and chive goat cheese, drizzled with cranberry balsamic mignonette AND Elk stew with parsnips and leeks."

Chef "Red" Pelletier and owner Ann Kischner of The Shoalwater Restaurant in Seaview with their Lite Bite entry.... "Roasted and grilled vegetable salad served on fresh artichoke bottoms." 

Una Boyle of Visitors Bureau, Mirth -Chef of Woodshole Research Ship (that found the Titanic), RD Williams of The Whalebone House B&B, Nancy Gorshe and Don Porter of The Depot.

Peggy and Jim Blekov(outsides) of Blackwood Cottages, ? sorry forgot her name (glasses), and Suzie Goldsmith of Boreas B&B.

Watching Madison setting up in Rockefeller Center Plaza... late into the night via web cam. 

French Press coffee to go at the Long Beach Coffee Roasters. (with frothed cream) 

The stage set for "The Mystery of Marie Roget" at The River Theater in Astoria.  

Update on shipwrecked barge! Still there!!

It looks like I was very lucky and was one of the only people who were able to hike in and take photos. Wow! They are hoping to refloat the barge and pull it out on Wednesday. Everything is closed down to the public...but we can hear the helicopters buzzing overhead. Scroll down for more photos of this on the blog.

A weekend of community events.

Brett and I are enjoying getting to know the locals. South Pacific County made a good showing at the annual Pacific County Lincoln Day Dinner in South Bend.

More friends at the dinner.

A weekend of auctions in Long Beach, Wa.

Sandy Bradley and Ginger Harshman enjoy wine and oysters before the silent auction ends and the live bidding begins! This fund-raiser benefited a beloved local artisan who has been very ill. The night before was the humane society auction event.

Royal Harshman and the skipper/bartender... enjoy some wine to wash down all the fabulous oysters. I have never had such nice oysters! All kinds...but the best were freshly shucked by Larry Warnberg. 

Photo of Chief Nahcotta's great grandson...hanging at The Depot. (not really...just some old Jewish guy from Encino) I was coerced into buying it at the auction... my plan is to sneak it into local businesses... and hang it to surprise everyone. Kind of like the traveling Gnome in Amelie. We will get the business owner to sign the mat...then I will wisk it away to the next location... you never know where he will show up!

Shipwreck adventure!

First reports stated the barge was full of fuel... bad news if it leaks out on the pristine beach front. They have decided it was only carrying its own diesel at the time. Still a bit of a risk for the beaches.

North Head Lighthouse is on my left and Beards Hollow is on the other side of the rocks on the right. I left the house in the middle of pouring rain, hail and wind... parked at Beards Hollow and hiked up to the Lighthouse. I was soaked through to the bone...but the adventure was breath taking! Quite a sight!!

Haz Mat and the Coast Guard were kind enough to let me hang out and take photos for my blog. 

I could almost reach out and touch the troubled barge. 

The view was impressive. 

It was interesting... listening in on the conversations of the salvage crew. They were determining the best way to pull the barge free from the rocks. 

Going back down was easier than the trip up to the lighthouse. 

When the rain, hail and wind stopped...the helicopters started coming in. Rescue/salvage efforts are underway...and time for us all to clear out. 

The fuel barge broke loose from its Tug during the wind and rain storms on Saturday night. This little alcove on the beach is a few miles from our house. This photo was taken from the North Head Lighthouse grounds.

Chris Vance, Washington State Republican Party Chair...discussing the Re-vote efforts with Brett. They also compared notes on which blogs to read.