Josh and I said our goodbyes to a rainy Seattle early Tuesday morning, only a day late of our "scheduled" departure. Speeding towards the Oregon Coast I received my 2nd lesson of the day regarding logging operations to include theories of tree old growth, 2nd growth, and the clear-cutting/replanting techniques (thanks to Ken and Josh Walter). Did anyone else know that there is such a thing as Tree School? Maybe I am the last to know about these things being from LA and all. In addition, I was aghast to find that Claremont, CA is not the only Tree City, USA - what's up with that? Hitting the Coast in Washington, we passed through the Oyster Capital of the World and Cape Disappointment. "Where do you live?", "I live in Cape Disappointment?", "Oh, must be nice."
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