Windy, you think?

This was on the path from the North Head Lighthouse to the gift shop (what did I tell you?!) The wind was not blowing that day....the trees just grow that way because of the wind that blows up the coolee. The winds have been recorded at 120 mph at that site. That's probably not real common, but apparently constant wind is.

Lighthouses

September 28th 2007
All of us went to the lighthouses today. They had predicted rain, but apparently they’re not any better at predicting weather in Washington than they are in Montana, because it was sunny and warm~~perfect weather for touring. The first lighthouse we went to was at Cape Disappointment~~the Cape was named by a British fur trader after his inability to locate the river's mouth. This coast is e ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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