Charter fishing the waters off Westport
0408, 2013

Charter fishing the waters off Westport

For Fathers’ Day 2013, my dad had gotten the two of us a fishing excursion on Westport Charters in Westport, WA. Father’s Day is in June, but we had to take our trip in early August thanks to the Legislature being unable to complete its business in three consecutive sessions (yes, it still smarts). I had been looking forward to this trip for two reasons: I was anxious for some

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2505, 2012

The Power of the Pacific Ocean and the Passage of Time

We began building our Ocean Shores home in 2008.  When we moved our borrowed 5th wheel trailer to the construction site in October of that year, we started daily beach walks.  The beach nearest our home is part of the Oyehut Wildlife Recreation Area, managed by the WDFW as a subunit of the John’s River Wildlife Area nearer to Westport, Washington. Almost immediately upon taking these walks, we started seeing

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