Thursday, 14 Sept 2017
We started at a garden just a few blocks east of us.
Mayor Mike’s garden
….with tidying, clipping some errant rose canes and some spent perennials.
Just as we were finishing there, a parade of many old Dodge vehicles drove by down Lake Street.Our next mission was chop the myrtles at ….
The Port of Ilwaco

after. We will make this garden interesting again with divisions from other plants, after some rain comes.
The sightline in late summer:
While Allan pruned, I watered three garden beds.
Having decided on a midday cultural work break, we parked at the post office. We walked across the street to the
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
to peruse the Derby Days exhibit. You still have time to see it.
“Join the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum as we explore the history of “Derbyville” and the early years of salmon derbies, recreational fishing, and the emergence of the charter-boat fishing industry on the Long Beach Peninsula. This exhibit will be on view August 4 – October 7, 2017.”
The old Dodges were parked in the museum lot and across the street.
In the museum, we were fascinated with the old photos of the marina…
…and especially by photos showing the shoreline back when our lot was riverfront property.

The river bank is now the meander line, a ditch between us and the port parking lots.
An old postcard touts the climate that was one of the reasons I moved here:
The water is no longer cheap and the summers are hotter than they used to be.
Allan enjoyed this old photo of Black Lake boating.
The salmon derby camps were along the banks of the Columbia, east of Chinook.
One of my favourite parts of the musuem is their replica street of shops. It is being changed up with some new finds.

New school room display includes a typewriter like the one I typed a very bad novel on in high school.
Allan likes the Chinook canoe:
Work called. In case the rain did not arrive on Sunday, I wanted to get four more of my most favourite curbside gardens watered, and Allan had some hedge trimming to do.
Port of Ilwaco
I had no intention of buying a book, yet I did purchase this one.
As I walked home, I noted that the meander line ditch is completely dry. It will soon become a stream again when the rains arrive.
Meanwhile, Allan had pruned two escallonias down at Coho Charters.home
Allan set to his new project, removing old shakes from the shed, which, in WWII years, was an electrical repair shop for small appliances.I rearranged some plants on the patio, accidentally pulling a santolina out of a planted chimney pot. While transplanting it by Devery’s driveway, I saw that Frosty had gone next door to visit his new bestie, Royal. Devery was taking photos from her porch while I was taking photos from the driveway.
Devery and I are both delighted by this sweet friendship, initiated by Frosty.
OMG — that is too cute! Love the Dodges…and your blog 🙂
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Thanks so much, Steve. We lucked out with our timing on those Dodges.
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An interesting museum and handsome motors as well. A good day.
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I love the sweet photos of Frosty and Royal, Skyler! And the frog in the water barrel. I only saw 2 this summer.
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