This was a quick overnight stop at a pretty funky county
park/marina, Elochoman Marina. The getting there was fun and full of surprises
because we didn’t realize the green line we were following on the GPS back over
the Columbia to WA was partly by small ferry until we rounded a corner and
found ourselves immediately in line to board. The ferry took us to Puget Island
and then a bridge across from there. We met a guy on the ferry who relocated to
the island after years of fishing in Alaska. He chose the island for the
quaintness and the “Little Norway” feel. The island is in WA where there is no
income tax but he shops and does his business in OR where everything is cheaper
and no sales tax. Makes sense to me!
The marina abutted the town sewer treatment facility that
was in the process of being relocated but still being used. All this really
meant for us was a couple pools that didn’t have any odor and attracted a great
collection of ducks! The town of Cathlamet was small, quaint and worth a walk about.
What was really fun for Harry was the small fishing fleet
that fished out in front of us with drift nets and brought their catch in at
the end of the day to be weighed and sold to a distributor. I don’t know that
I’d recommend this spot for all our friends but we enjoyed it. Fish for Harry,
birds for me!
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