20241017 Thursday, October 17, 2024 A Bonus Day of Razor Clamming

20241017 Thursday, October 17, 2024 A Bonus Day of Razor Clamming

We got up at 9am and got a text from George saying he and Franklin were on their way home because George’s wife was not feeling well.  Sure enough, their RV was gone when we ventured out of our RV to us the restroom and start breaking camp.  

The weather forecast was calling for a nice day despite all the rain we got overnight. Since we saw that Twin Harbors State Park, which is just several miles north of Grayland Beach State Park, had plenty of unoccupied sites and is first come first serve, we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and relocate from Grayland Beach State Park, which is solidly booked for the rest of the week and weekend, to Twin Harbors.  We drove the RV and Bronco separately and backed the RV into site 225 and registered at the unmanned main park entry.  This is the first time we have used the Washington State Parks and Recreation Senior Off Season pass, which for a $75 one time fee, allows free camping in participating WA State Parks between October 2024 and April 2025.  

Once the RV was all set up at Twin Harbors State Park, we took the Bronco up to the Westport Jetty park and walked a bit along the jetty and beach, and then along the Lighthouse to Jetty walkway.  Then we stopped at Merinos in Westport for Rockfish fish and chips which were not only excellent, but also on sale for $10.69 for a 3 piece with chips meal.  It was a generous enough portion that Janet had two fillets left over for dinner.  

We got out on the beach at 4:50pm and dug clams until the sun set at 6pm.  The sky was clear overhead but there were clouds on the horizon.

We stayed another hour on the beach to see if we might be able to see the A3 Comet, but there was too much cloud cover close to the horizon to see it.  We drove back to our campsite after dark.  It’s a good thing the Bronco’s navigation system drops “breadcrumbs” when you go off road, so we could see where to turn to get back onto the beach access road after dark.  Instead of cleaning the clams and putting them up, we let them purge themselves in salt water and washed off any sand before putting them live on ice in the refrigerator to be given to our Chinese restaurant friends.

Although the weather was nice most of the day, after we turned in for the night, we heard the rain arrive and continue most of the night.