Our Backyard

This week’s topic at Tree Hugging Tots is “Our Backyard”. With the rainy season upon us we don’t get out as much. I have shared with you about the beautiful trees, rain forest, and a little history of the lumber industry that was the main resource that brought people to this area.

However there is another industry that brought settlers here from all over, so I thought I would share this with you this week. Fishing, crabbing, clamming, whaling (which is no longer legal) are among the great history of our backyard.

Lewis and Clark met the Pacific Ocean for the first time about 100 miles South of us. Robert Gray, is the explorer who first discovered the beautiful beaches here in Grays Harbor in the 1800’s. Captain James Cook actually explored the area here even before Lewis and Clark. There were many others.

The Pacific Ocean is very cold but home to many body surfers for it’s rolling surf, and the advantages of an off shore wind current, which provides for a spectacular surf. We have events at the beaches throughout the year such as the annual kite flying, sand castle building, crab races, clamming, and you can always charter a fishing boat or whale watching cruise.

Grays Harbor is home to the tallest lighthouse in Washington State.

It is common at Westport, WA to find many fishing boats. (though this picture was taken in Olympia in the Puget Sound, this is good example of the fishing boats)

Grays Harbor is also the home port for the Lady Washington. The Lady Washington has quite a history behind her. You can read her history here.

Now for some pictures of our favorite beach outings!

To see what other’s are doing in their backyards visit Mommies Wise Little Bookworms. We would love to see you join in and tell us about your backyard!