November 4

Two more days before I am off to the next city. I thought I would give you some information of where I am staying at present. Ilwaco is a small town in Washington near the Oregon border, Lewis and Clark saw the ocean here in 1805 and it was once one of the most densely populated Indian villages in the Pacific North West. Almost from the beginning, Ilwaco’s major industry has been fishing and cranberry farming which it continues proudly to this day. Ilwaco and its 3 surrounding communities only have a total population of about 2,500 people, and of that 40% live way below the average national income. Oh and the RV’s, I have never seen so many beat up RV’s and camper shells in my entire life. The majority of which are parked near the Port of Ilwaco, my guess is that they belong to roving gypsy fishermen. Whomever they belong, I think this was a good place to begin my trip.