20250429 Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Honest Work for Clam Limits, Doppleganger RV

20250429 Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Honest Work for Clam Limits, Doppleganger RV

It was raining through the night and into the morning, although it had largely stopped by the time we hit the beach at 7:45am. The rain seems to drive the clams deeper and washes away classic clam shows, leaving only subtle dimples. This made it harder to find the clams, but we did find out limits of 15 each. It’s nice that it was a -2.0’ tide and daylight. It took us nearly 90 minutes to get those limits. 

After we got back, as we were cleaning up our equipment, another camper came up to chat about our RV. He was looking to trade in his class A for something smaller now that their grandchildren were all adults now. He was also hoping to pull a Jeep Wrangler, which is comparable to the Bronco. 

After he finished and headed back to his campsite, a lady walking her dog exclaimed “You have the same RV as us!”, and sure enough, a Winnebago Navion of the same year and color was being driven into the campground. He had stopped to pick up the registration paperwork while his wife walked the dog. 

They ended up parking right next to our site. It looks like a Winnebago jamboree. Actually, their rig has a different layout with a fixed bed in the back and different storage layout.   It turns out they are traveling musicians. He does Elvis impressions and she does Ann Margaret, as well as others. Their layout has more storage for all their show equipment and costumes.   They had also clammed in the morning, and were going to head off to the docks at Westport to crab from the pier with crab snares. 

It was fun and interesting to share experiences and modifications with these RV’s. 

After getting our clams put up in the freezer, we headed into Westport to get our auxiliary LP bottle refilled, lunch and exercise. 

We got our last punch on our Merino’s fish and chips card so the next time we come, we can get $10 off. They really have the best food in Westport. We’ll have leftover fries with whatever we can come up with in the RV for dinner tonight. Most likely, this will involve more Costco rotisserie chicken, noodles and cream of mushroom soup. 

We walked the trail from the Westport tsunami sanctuary tower to the Jetty. It was nice that it is paved and the jetty blocks the winds. It connects to the lighthouse trail so we walked just shy of 3 miles.  

Then we stopped by the library to use their WiFi to do our Duolingo lessons and post this blog. 

Tomorrow we may try a different beach. Our new Winnebago neighbors dug at the Cranberry road access, which is the next one south of the Bonge Rd access we have been using. They said the digging was quite easy there.