Tuesday morning, September 12^th (our 36^th anniversary) we headed out of Seattle to enjoy the Washington Pacific Coast.  Found an RV campground with direct beach access in Ocean City, WA.  Decided to slow it down and spend two days here.

Meet Susan (not sure if this is her real name).  She is the owner of the place and moved out here from the Jersey Shore 15+ years ago.  Says she sold her sanitation business to Waste Management (‘they made me an offer I could not refuse’) and she decided to go west.  Now, let’s get real.  Jersey sanitation business.  Made me an offer I could not refuse.  Hmmmm – who runs the sanitation business in Jersey?  I am certain she is in the Witness Protection Program.  Please do not share these photos with anyone because evidently you can see where they were taken and she might be discovered!

Anyway, she runs a sweet RV park.  You walk through the park onto a little path and within ten minutes you are on a beautiful stretch of beach.  Susan owns all the property to the ocean and considerable Pacific shoreline.  Yeah – ‘made me an offer…’

In the months leading up to the trip, every time we had a great meal at home, I told Linda…’I can make that in the bus’.  Well, last night was no exception.  Salmon dill hash, veggie and wine on the Camp Chef stove.  Side note on salmon dill hash…I found this recipe years ago and started making it for Mother’s Day for Linda’s and my mom.  Years and years of it and it was always delicious – and the compliments flowed.  About 2 years before my mom passed, she said to me…’Gaaaary, you know I never really liked your salmon hash’.  WTF?!?!?!  Well, Linda does (I think), so I will continue making it!!!  Plus, the salmon is fresh out here and frickin good for you, so eat it.

Check out Linda’s dual glasses mode.  Her optometrist has told her she should get glasses, but this method seems to work out just fine.  This is the sun glasses and reading glasses combination.  Look for her line around the holidays this year.

So, we had the hash (not that kind, although we’re in Washington and it’s another legal state), cleaned up and played cribbage in the bus after dark.  Since it was the inaugural game, I totally smoked Linda and skunked her.  She won the next two games, so we are even heading into tonight.  Please see the cribbage board.  What would you expect?

Tomorrow, we’re heading to Portland and will see if our nephew Carter is available for dinner.  He just started at Lewis and Clark University in Portland this fall.  He’s also our Cutco Knife rep, so we must stop by to show him how the ‘RV Knife Set’ he sold us is working out.  So far, we still have all our integers, but those knives are so dang sharp, and only time will tell.

One more photo from Seattle from David – remember he was our personal tour guide AND photographer.