Addition to the list of Dummies

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

This was another do-nothing-special day, but very enjoyable.

We just cannot drag ourselves out of the campground before 9 or 10, and we need to be out at the fishing hole by 6 or 7 to have much chance at catching. So what, we have a good time anyway!

enjoying the river

After Betty fixed us some breakfast, we went in and got bait, then back out to the river. Betty and Wilma walked out after a while, and the tide was still coming in. It was a fairly high tide, and we kept having to move back out of its path. After it changed and started going out again, the lines really caught a lot of seaweed. That isn’t so much fun, so after a while the fishing ended for us. It was bright and clear out there, and Betty got sunburned on her arms and neck.

Car carrier coming in

And oh, when we were walking back in, we saw another in the class of dummies. We weren’t close enough yet to see everything, but there was a group of people just off the road tracks, and sure enough another car was stuck in the sand. We think it was maybe a Cherokee, but either was not 4wd or the driver dumb enough to not know how to drive it. Anyway, another truck had a tow rope and yanked him out. We don’t remember seeing these events in years past, and wonder why they are all here now. This one was from California.

This one was crabbing

Later on our way to Seaside we stopped to get the guys signed up for a charter trip, but didn’t have space available until next week. So we went on to Seaside to try a fish and chips place we learned about last year.  The Bowpicker in Astoria is closed on Monday and Tuesday, so it gave us a chance to try this other one.  She had a choice of fish, so between us we tried them all, cod, halibut and salmon. She also has a side of coleslaw with it, and that was excellent. Had pineapple bits in it and we all enjoyed it. The fish was good, and Barney said he likes the tartar sauce at the Bowpicker better.  We would probably all choose the Bowpicker first, but this place is a good second. Buoy something, or something Buoy, I can’t remember this name.

You can see the water line we kept dodging

We stopped to do some shopping at Ross and Fred Meyer before heading back to camp. Not a real exciting day, but we were all tired.