20241016 Wednesday October 16, 2024 Day 2 of Razor Clamming

20241016 Wednesday October 16, 2024 Day 2 of Razor Clamming

We awoke to a knock on our door at 8:30am.  George was eager to try surf fishing and was wondering what our plans were.  We hadn’t really planned on much other than to dump our clam and crab shells on the beach, so we had a quick breakfast and then piled into the Bronco to head to the beach.  George hit the surf while the rest of us walked the beach for exercise.  The weather remained very nice with little wind and patchy cloud cover.  George was unable to come up with a surf perch in 90 minutes and Janet needed to get back to bed because she was coming down with a cold.  So we dropped her off at the RV and then Ben, Franklin and George drove up to Westport to see the lighthouse, jetty and downtown.  Ben also showed Franklin and George some of the Bronco’s tricks on the beach, making some very tight donuts using the trail turn assist.  

George tried fishing off the jetty and on the adjacent beach, but the currents were much too strong by the jetty.  We drove through the Twin Harbors campground to see if there were any empty sites, and the place was pretty empty. Since Ben just got a Senior Off Season Pass, we could stay in the first come first serve non-utility sites for free after we check out from Grayland Beach State Park where all the sites require reservations.  We got back to the RV to have Costco Hot dogs for lunch and naps before heading out for the afternoon low tide.

We got on the beach about 15 minutes later, and managed to get our limits within an hour.  George and Franklin have gotten a lot better at finding the clams after someone with a custom pounder showed how to provoke clam shows by pounding the sand.  As we pulled up our last clams, we could see a squall line heading toward us from the south.  We got back to the RV’s just in time to miss out on getting drenched outside.  

After cleaning and putting up our catch, George wanted to check out the Local Bar and Grill, named appropriately the “Local Bar and Grill” for their advertised Steak dinner night.  George and Franklin had the New York Steak dinners while Ben had a Rueben and Janet had their Fish and Chips.  

George tried downloading a movie onto his phone using the wifi at the restaurant, but when we got back to the RV, we were unable to stream any video to the RV’s AppleTV or TV, so we ended up sharing some pictures from our Rocky Mountaineer trip.  The rain started coming down hard at night.  There was even a flash of lightning and boom of thunder around midnight.  We sure appreciated having a comfortable RV to shelter in rather than being in a tent.