Everybody loves Raymond

I had noticed an old steam engine display at the local park on the way into town and thought we should ride our bikes down there first thing Saturday before we left Forks to check it out. On the way I noticed this cool totem pole about a block from the park so got the Lovely Elaine pose in front of it for this picture.

The old steam engine is Rayonier #10......below you will see a write up on this unique steam engine, but essentially it was the first all wheel drive steam engine.  Very interesting.

After loading the bikes back in the trailer, and then the car we departed Forks around 10:15am heading west and south along HWY 101.  We quickly passed the turn off we had taken the day before to the Hoh Rain Forest.  Eventually we came out of the forest and immediately caught sight of the ocean, and a rare sun break!  The island in the center is the home of the Destruction Island Lighthouse, which if you look closely, can be seen a little left of center on the island.

Yep, we are smiling....it's sunny!

As you know, we do not make reservations unless there is no choice.  It has been a long time since we made a reservation at an RV park, and today was no exception.  We had a general idea that we wanted to stop for the day no farther than Aberdeen, but we reached Aberdeen just around 12:30pm, and it was too early to stop, so instead we found a parking place for our 62' and ate some sandwiches Elaine had made the day before.  After a short break we decided to push on for Raymond, WA where we had stayed 2 and a half years ago at Raymond RV Park.  I called the owner as we were leaving Aberdeen to see if they had any spots available still, and was told there were several.....just come on down and pick one out, so we motored another 27 miles and snagged this great spot facing the Willapa River.  It was cloudy when we arrived, but by 5:30pm the sun came out lit up the colors around us.

The Willapa River

Site #3 at Raymond RV Park....everybody here "Loves Raymond!"

Elaine made spaghetti with a side of spinach salad dressed with her world famous bleu cheese dressing.

We'll spend a couple of days hanging out here and riding the bike path that runs by the park south into South Bend, and back north into Raymond.....apparently the bike path follows an old railroad right of way (Rails to Trails), and goes almost all the way east to I-5!  I don't think we'll be riding that far, but we'll get on the bikes and see how far we go.

Thanks for stopping by!