This is the tallest lighthouse on the Washington coast, the Westport Lighthouse.  We passed it yesterday, April 15 on our way south to Raymond, WA.

Raymond is an unexpected gem about 30 miles south of Westport.  The town has committed itself to displaying steel art everywhere.  Here are just a few of the beautiful pieces we saw.

They even had decorative surrounds on the downtown trees.

We had lunch at the Kountry Kitchen and I overheard a lady at the next table saying that most of the town's inhabitants were from Virginia and North Carolina.  Not sure if it is true, but very interesting to me.

Westport had its annual Crab Races and Feed yesterday.  There was a large tent set up and people could get a whole Dungeness crab dinner for $24 or $19 for a half crab.  We decided to skip the crowds and had dinner at the Islander Restaurant.  Next to the restaurant is the Westport Observation Tower.

This is a picture of the tsunami sirens you see everywhere on the coast.

After dinner, we went back to the RV to cuddle in with the dogs and watch a DVD.  The first night we watched Creed, which was about Rocky and the son of Apollo Creed.  The second night we watched Ages of Adaline about a woman who didn't age, and last night we watched August, Osage County about a family in deep conflict because of the mother's drug addiction.  Pretty depressing but Meryl Streep was great.  Who knows what we have on hand for tonight?

On April 13, 2017, Brian and Evan, who are visiting us from Bangkok, left to visit relatives in Maryland.  They will return on the 24th, so Gary and I packed up the Airstream and left for Westport, WA.  We arrived at American Sunset RV Park that afternoon.  It is a nice campground with level, grassy parking spots filled with tiny white and pink daisies.  The weather was alternating between sunny and showery, so we had lots of chances to walk the dogs and get used to our surroundings. 

The first evening we had dinner at Aloha Alabama BBQ and Bakery.  With an intriguing name like that, what else could we do?  The barbecue was very good and I wouldn't be surprised if we ended up there, again.  Most interesting was their hot-sauce wall, a cabinet of every kind of hot sauce you could imagine.  This was in addition to the three types of BBQ sauce that were on every table, Sweet, Southern White with horseradish, and Chipotle.

The view of Grays Harbor from the front window was quiet and lovely.

After dinner we drove around a little and found the Fisherman's

Memorial to those who had lost their lives at sea.

Across the harbor was a row of little cottages which are rented to tourists in the summer. Westport, and many other little towns in this area are known for logging and exporting.  Also, there are many businesses around the seafood industry.

We met many people in the RV Park who had brought their waders and equipment to go clamming this weekend.  I looked up the limits and there are different ones for different types of clams, but for the small varieties the limit is generally 40 clams or 10 pounds per day.  The park has a cleaning station and people were washing their catches there.

On Friday we had lunch at Breakwater's. This metal art was on the wall there.

We had dinner at Bennett's Seafood Shack on Friday, where I had probably the freshest clam strips I have ever eaten.  When in Rome....