8-10-18

Here is the educational part.  The log sculpture above is called The Whispering Giant and stands in Astoria.  It is one of the 73 sculptures done across the country by Peter Wolf Toth.  There is at least one in every state and a few in Europe.  He started this project, called The Trail of Whispering Giants in 1972 and there are at least 57 that survive, according to Wikipedia.  He studies native Americans in each area and consults with the locals about what to carve.  He never charges for his art but gets room and board donated.  I believe he is still working in Florida.
 
Gary played nine holes today at the golf course attached to our RV Park.  While he was doing that I started working on a big cross-country RV trip we hope to begin in October.  We're going to many  spots we've never seen before on our way to the sisters in Florida.

In the afternoon we tried to visit the Museum of Whimsy, but even though we arrived during published hours, they were closed.  Maybe that was part of the whimsy.  We'll try again tomorrow.

We crossed the Columbia River and had dinner in little dive in Chinook, WA.  They had great Dungeness crab cakes.

On our way back to the RV we saw this cargo ship full of more logs than I have ever seen in one place.  Wonder where they're going.

The highlight of the day was that this was Happy Hour Day at Starbucks.  Grande Frappuccinos were only $3.  It doesn't get any better than that.