{"id":355,"date":"2012-06-17T21:33:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T04:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-10-12T18:39:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-13T01:39:03","slug":"oregon-2102-tour-day-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=355","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Tour 2102 Days 1-2.  Washington Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360\" style=\"width: 184px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenrye.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lens.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-360 \" title=\"lens\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenrye.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"184\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lens.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/lens-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lens from Destruction Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Day 1 would be a long travel day. My plan was to get as far south as possible so I would have a short trip to the coast. Plan accomplished! I made it to Elma Washington and found a spot at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmarvpark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elma RV Park<\/a> where I was welcomed with a great spot, a hot shower and some chocolate chip cookies! And to top it off, there was an espresso stand next door!<br \/>\nFor day 2, I decided to tour some of the Washington coast area. Good choice. My first stop was the <a href=\"http:\/\/maritimemuseum-ghlighthouse.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Westport Maritime Museum<\/a>. A former Coast Guard Station, the museum had many great displays and a\u00a0knowledgeable staff. \u00a0However, the best part of the facility was the &#8220;Lens Room&#8221; where they had the lens from the formar Destruction Island lighthouse. \u00a0An amazing piece of\u00a0engineering, this lens is a must see.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop was the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/maritimemuseum-ghlighthouse.org\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=4&amp;Itemid=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grays Harbor Lighthouse<\/a> which is still active after being\u00a0commissioned\u00a0in 1898. \u00a0Unfortunately, \u00a0the lighthouse was closed when I arrived, so no tour was available. \u00a0Next time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icenrye.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dogs01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-361 \" title=\"dogs01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icenrye.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dogs01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dogs01.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dogs01-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playing in the Pacific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After lunch, it was off to <a href=\"http:\/\/funbeach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Long Beach<\/a> where you may drive you vehicle onto the beach. \u00a0This made it great for the dogs. \u00a0All I had to do was let them out, and off they went!<\/p>\n<p>After the swim, it was a\u00a0leisurely drive back to the camp.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the day are posted to my <a href=\"http:\/\/icenrye.smugmug.com\/\">SmugMug<\/a> site in the <a href=\"http:\/\/icenrye.smugmug.com\/Travel\/Oregon-2012\/\">Oregon 2012<\/a> set.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re off to a good start. \u00a0What&#8217;s next&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 would be a long travel day. My plan was to get as far south as possible so I would have a short trip to the coast. Plan accomplished! I made it to Elma Washington and found a spot at the Elma RV Park where I was welcomed with a great spot, a hot &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/?p=355\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Oregon Tour 2102 Days 1-2.  Washington Coast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=355"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icenryeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}