The 28th street boat launch in Hoquiam. It is new. It wasn't here when I had my paper route on 28th street.

Two miles from the launch, the motor dies and I have my first experience with Vessel Assist. A $154 lesson.

After solving the breakdown problem, the first place that I head is the Hoquiam River. These are the old dry docks where we roamed as kids.

Up the river is a dolphin ranch. These are the babies.

Lots and lots of dolphins and pilings on every river in Grays Harbor.

A sunken and forgotten dredge. Nice that it still has the anchor ball hoisted.

This is the Little Hoquiam, which splits off of the Hoquiam a few miles up. Snag on port!

Pilings and snags everywhere. Fun.

The Simpson Avenue bridge. I walked over this to go to school.

Hoquiam's new dock and boat launch with the Simpson Avenue bridge in the background.

It is across the river from the old Polson "mansion" (now a logging museum) just to the left.

And the landing is just behind Swanson's grocery, so what's not to like?

Well, there is the boat ramp. This is a minus 1 foot tide. But the super slippery mud is much higher. You will need a tow truck with a winch to get back up if you use it at other than high tide.

Off towards Westport. Photos just can't get the expanse of spits and islands, but I tried.

Because of my fuel system problems, I got a late start and fought tides and winds to get to Westport. The sun had set.

Even though late, it was pretty.

I tied up next to this spooky character.

I put my bike together and went off looking for dinner. It was 9:00 and the town had rolled up the sidewalks, except for the taverns.

When I came back after dinner, these guys were snoozing on the dock. They complained all night.

Up bright and early the next day. A weird chop inside the breakwater. It wasn't that bad outside. I took the little used South Channel back to Cosmopolis.

It is kind of hard to see in this picture, but the snag is 600 yards off shore. The difference in the water surface is because there is a spit that extends out that far. It is two feet deep where the snag is and 25 feet deep a few feet out from the snag.

A ship loading something. Bet is has something to do with wood.

Wood is the name of the game.

On a spit across from Aberdeen is a ruined wooden ship with only the skeletal frame and the steam boiler remaining.