Twin Harbors State Park

A heat wave was expected for the weekend, so Terry and I agreed it would be nice to find a place to camp that wouldn’t get too hot. We were lucky and got a last minute reservation at Twin Harbors State Park, which is located on the Pacific Ocean in Washington, a little south of the town of Westport. We had the camper ready to go, and left our house around 3:00 on Friday afternoon.

It was a nice drive to the coast. The temperature was about ninety when we left our house and by the time we got to the campground, it was foggy and in the low seventies. It took us about 2.5 hours to get there, which wasn’t bad considering there was a little slow down on I-5 around Fort Lewis. Once we arrived at camp, we got the camper set up and I started on dinner.

For dinner, we barbequed hot dogs that we ate with chili and Fritos. Most of our meals were planned around food that was leftover from our Eagle Lake trip. Once we were done with dinner, we decided to take a quick walk on the beach. Our loop wasn’t the one closest to the water, so we did have to cross the main highway to reach the ocean. It was quite foggy and windy near the water, so luckily there weren’t many people out so we were able to take Zeus off his leash. It was cute to see him frolic in the sand.

After our walk, Terry made a fire for us to enjoy back at camp. The temperature had dropped, so it was nice warming up by the fire. I made s’mores for us both and we relaxed a little before heading to bed.

On Saturday, we slept in until about 8:00. It was chilly in the morning, but luckily, the fog started to slowly lift once we got up. I cooked bacon, eggs and toast for breakfast. After Terry finished with our breakfast dishes, we loaded up my waist pack and took off for a little walk. I had noticed on the map that Westport Light State Park and Westhaven State Park were not too far up the coastline from our campground. So, we decided to take a walk on the beach to see the area.

It took us a little over an hour before we hit the jetty at Westhaven State Park. Zeus ran without his leash most of the time. Westhaven was the surfing destination in the area. The water was full of surfers and brought back old memories. From there, we walked along Half Moon Bay until we found the small town of Westport.

We were lucky, as it happened to be the annual Westport Art Festival so there were vendors in tents set up along the marina. It was nice walking thru the area and the vendors gave us stuff to look at. We were able to get a small, collapsible water bowl for Zeus and Terry also picked up a CD.

Terry didn’t realize I had never had fresh crab before, so he made it his mission that I try some. We were able to find a seafood market that sold us a little cup of fresh crabmeat. To my surprise, it was really good. For lunch, we found a little café and had some fish and chips. It was okay, but we both have had better. I think we always expect a lot of our fish when we order it at coastal towns. After lunch, we walked thru the festival a little more.

While I was eating my ice cream, we went onto one of the docks and bought a couple fresh crabs for dinner. It was nice, they were already cooked and cleaned and placed it a bag with ice. We eventually made it back to the trail to head back to camp. This time, we walked along a small asphalt path that connected Westhaven State Park to Westport Light State Park. The brochure I had said it was a 1.3-mile path connecting the two parks. Once the path ended, we cut back down to the beach and walked in the sand the rest of the way.

When we got back to camp, Terry but a plastic garbage bag on the table and we started eating the crab. It was really good and we had fun pounding on the shells to crack them open so we could find the meat. It was a little messy so it was nice we were outside. After dinner, we took a quick walk through the campground and noted a few nice sites we would take if we were to come back. This trip we were in site #51, but we also liked site #77, #78, #81 and #188. After the short walk, Terry made another fire that we enjoyed before taking showers and heading to bed.

On Sunday, we decided to take a walk first thing in the morning to the jetty at Westhaven State Park and back. It was a little chilly and foggy when we left our campground, but as we walked, the sun slowly started to poke thru. It took us about 2.5 hours to walk there and back and I figured it was about 6-7 miles on the beach. It was a nice walk and felt good to do it so early in the morning.

When we got back to camp, I made breakfast while Terry slowly started to pack up our gear. For breakfast, we had Terry’s favorite of eggs, biscuits and country gravy. When we were done eating, we finished packing up our gear. We left the campground around 1:00 and started the drive east. As we drove, the weather got warmer and it was a muggy 90 degrees when we got home. It was hard returning to the heat after having such a nice weekend on the coast.

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