Likely the last dry, 50-something degree day until April. Short days.. doesn't
get light out until 07:00 so we're on the road at 07:30. Pretty chilly. VERY foggy.
Improved some by the time we got to Rainier. Better by the time we left Cathlamet.
It was a gorgeous, warm, bluebird day at Dismal Nitch. Started getting cold on the
way back along SR 30. Got a little behind schedule and it was dark about a half
an hour before we made it home. Nice day, overall... and definitely the last chance
for a 2014 foliage ride. Great color but the trees are definitely getting thin.
It's been raining buckets here for a while. This is definitely the last half
way dry, half way not freezing out riding window left for 2014! So.... off we go.
The obligatory stop in Rainier, Oregon.
Here's some pictures of the Abandoned Fish Net Repair Building in
Skamokawa, Washington.
We got very lucky today, as we often do. I was standing in front of this place
taking a picture when the owner, who lived across the street came over and asked if
we wanted to see the inside of the building. Duh.... you bet we did!
The guy said he owned half of the building and used his half mainly as a place
to hang out on the hammock and watch the boats go by.
He said that this is the last of two fish net repair facility buildings still
standing on the Columbia River. He didn't mention where the other one was.
He also turned us on to the Skamokawa Inn which is down on Steamboat Slough Road.
The structure was an old cannery that was extensively refurbished into a very
posh Inn. I've been by here a gazillion times and had no idea this place was here.
This hulk last saw service in 1988 according to the Coast Guard sticker.
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