The Wonders of Westport


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Jan 11, 2000


As you drive towards town be sure to stop at Brady's Oysters to buy some fresh seafood. There are some great links here, too, including oyster recipes. They have a world-famous oyster feed once a year. (Brady's says you don't need Viagra if you eat oysters!) My Dad purchases tiny oysters here every year for an oyster stew feed at my brother's Christmas Eve.

The first Westport site I mentioned with all the photos also has an event calendar. It has not been updated for the Year 2000, but you can get an idea of what goes on around town during the year.

My Dad and I stumbled onto the last day of the International Nautical Chain Saw Carving event last year. It was amazing; I have seen lots of chainsaw carving and consider this the prime event of its type in the state. You won't believe your eyes when you view the beautiful carved art. Don't miss it. Expect the small town to be packed.

It's held in the town parking lot behind all the Westhaven Drive businesses. I can't remember the name of the drive-in across the street, but they serve some great fish and chips and hamburgers. Also check out the Italian place in town for some great clam chowder of incredible proportions, my husband tells me.

Be sure to take the foot ferry across the bay to Ocean Shores and look around. Also, when it's in port, see the Lady Washington, a wooden replica of the square-rigger ship used by Captain Gray on his 1792 voyage. Get your sea legs on. They offer day cruises with skits of life as an 18th century sailor. The ship is normally housed in Aberdeen at the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport.

I'm winding down for now. I'll be back to visit again. If you follow the links you will know how I feel when I go to visit. I love three favorite places on the Pacific Ocean (Kalaloch, Long Beach and Westport). Hope you've enjoyed your tour of this special place.

Copyright 2000, Jerri Brooker

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8.   Jan 19, 2000 6:23 PM
I'll look forward to it. I, too, will keep visiting your site and learning about Canada. Great being neighbors! Jerri

-- posted by jerrib
7.   Jan 18, 2000 9:56 PM
I would like to meet you too and I will certainly let you know that I am coming when the time comes. I don't expect it will be for a couple of years at least.

Keep on writing these great articles a ...

-- posted by Red
6.   Jan 18, 2000 2:59 PM
missed us for the most part, Naomi, but I, too, saw the weather reports. We got some huge gusts, but this was not as bad as a few years ago.

Erosion is a problem on our beaches in WA when it comes ...

-- posted by jerrib
5.   Jan 18, 2000 2:49 PM
If you do get to WA I'd sure like to meet you. I hope you can come and see Westport. It is not a big, glitzy, touristy town like some. It still has the flavor of a small town - just enough shops to ...

-- posted by jerrib
4.   Jan 17, 2000 10:45 PM
Jerri, you've given a marvelous description of this quaint beach town on our Washington coast. I've been there, but it's been some years ago when we went on a camping/fishing trip.

Several of my ...

-- posted by Naomi_Mathews



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