A Day in Seaside and Guests

So today we decided to hang around Seaside because our friends Dan and Kathleen were coming to visit and we wanted to be nearby when they called. So we did some walking around the downtown area and then over to the Salt Works.  Down town is the carousel mall, which has an actual carousel in it. Not sure if this is the one from the original fair grounds they had here in the 20’s as there was no info, so I am guessing no but you never know. They have lots of candy stores in this area. I found a new geocaching bag and we got some smelly sea salts made with actual salt from the sea.

There is a river that goes right through the middle of town.

After our walk down town we headed to the salt works, this is Seaside’s part in the Lewis & Clark travels.

On December 8, 1805 Lewis and Clark established their winter quarters at Fort Clatsop. They were living here in preparation for their long journey home. One of the things that had to do was locate a route for a salt-making party. Though Clark was indifferent to salt, the rest of the expedition wanted it as seasoning. As their diet ranged from elk to fish and dog, salt improved the taste of their food and thus their morale.

On December 28, 1805 the captains sent five men to establish a salt camp. Five days later, they found a suitable place on the seacoast at was is now Seaside. The seawater had a high salt content here, and game and wood were abundant.

Three men were constantly at work. Using five brass kettles, the saltmakers boiled approximately 1,400 gallons of seawater over the next several weeks. they could make from three quarts to a gallon a day so a total of three-and-one-half bushels of salt were produced for the return trip.

Every summer they actually set up actors to recreate how it was all done.

 

After the salt works we went for a walk along the promenade back to the condo. So Dan arrived shortly before Kathleen and Roxy. Since we are not allowed to have dogs in the condo, we decided to take Roxy for a run on the beach and do a couple of geocaches along the promenade. We tired Roxy out so that she would have a good sleep in the back of Kathleen’s FJ Cruiser. Kathleen assures me that Roxy likes her spot in the back of the FJ, she has her own pillow and way more room than in a kennel. She has her food and water bowls. Kathleen stayed in Ritzville last night and she had to take Roxy back out to the cruiser last night because she wouldn’t go to sleep in the hotel room. As soon as she got into her own area she settle right down.

So after a great dinner, a night of Duck Dynasty it was time to pull the bed out of the wall and go to bed because we had a long day of caching ahead of us.