7-19-17

Yesterday we left Astoria by driving over the bridge above.  It crosses the Columbia River from Oregon to Washington and is about four miles long.  It had to be tall enough so that huge ships can enter the mouth of the Columbia to reach ports upstream.  There is quite a view up there.

We arrived at Gig Harbor, Washington in the early afternoon and parked at Gig Harbor RV Park, which is a nice, wooded park with fairly level, graveled spots.  The trees make up for all the rocks.  Baby hates walking on rocks but she likes walking in the shade, so she is happy.  Jazzy doesn't care where we park.  She is always up for an adventure.

Our friends, the Cowans, met us here and cooked dinner on their grill last night.  It was very good and we were happy to see them.

 

We ate lunch at Devoted Kiss Cafe where we could sit outside with Gracie, Bob and Sue's elderly dachshund. 

Bob tried out a pup carrier for Gracie, who was not too thrilled with the experience. 

Gig Harbor is a picturesque small community to the west of Seattle.  It has a population of about 7500 and has many cute shops, galleries and restaurants.  We had dinner at a very good Italian restaurant Bob found on Yelp.  Then we went back to the TrailBayser for a fruit salad dessert. 

We will be here two more nights after tonight.