----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Sullivan" <GODWIT at worldnet.att.net>
To: <stump at techline.com>; "Tweeters at U. Edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: Coastal Birding


> Hello Bruce Jan and Tweeters,
> Concerning the stay in Ocean Shore,we always been camping,and this fits us
> good.We run in to a birder who comes from Cupville nort,and he stayed in
> Aberdeen at the Nortic Hotel.He mention the prices in Ocean Shores what
are
> real high,where you can find hotels proable halve the price.
> Jan got a point there,when she mention to beeing that tired,who realy
cares
> how fancy a hotel it is.Aberdeen also got some eatery around and than you
> also you can visit Bottle beach and Tokland on the second day.
> If this is a relaxed vacation where you also want time to do other thinks
> than birding,than again this is a different story.Most all the birders i
> know,spent very little money on fancy hotels,rather on good Optics.But
this
> is all to the individual person.In September there would be all kind of
> hotel rooms available,since there been putting that new casino with a
hotel
> in.
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Fischer" <stump at techline.com>
> To: "Tweeters at U. Edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:52 AM
> Subject: FW: Coastal Birding
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: JanFWatson at aol.com [mailto:JanFWatson at aol.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 7:00 AM
> > To: stump at techline.com
> > Subject: Re: Coastal Birding
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/14/2002 6:23:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > stump at techline.com writes:
> >
> > > I am planning to do some birding with friends along coastal Washington
> > > between Sep. 6-11 this year. We will travel in the Ocean Shores,
Grays
> > > Harbour, Willapa Bay, Leadbetter Point areas.
> > > Is the tourist season still so busy that we would still need motel
> > > reservations at that time of year?
> > > Or is it possible to travel flexibly and just grab a room wherever we
> > might
> > > end up at the end of a day
> >
> > I would almost suggest centrally locating a bit and staying in Aberdeen.
> > >From there you can easily go to either the Westport area (Tokeland
> Marina,
> > Bottle Beach, Midway Beach, John's River) or the other side, Ocean
Shores
> > (Hoquiam STP, Ocean Shores.) We usually stay in Astoria when we want to
> > bird
> > Long Beach, Astoria and Led. Point.
> >
> > I love the beach, but now I am at the point that on the WA coasts,
staying
> > "on the beach" doesn't mean much since we have never been able to see
the
> > ocean from our rooms, let alone hear it. Both Ocean Shores and Long
Beach
> > can be pretty commercial "in town." We only use the room to sleep so we
> > stay
> > on the beach to watch the sunset, then drive the 25 min back to "town."
> >
> > Monetary consideration, and please let me know if you find this
otherwise,
> > but room prices on the two major beaches can be expensive. That's why
we
> > stay in Astoria. From there it is only 20 min to Seaside or the Long
Beach
> > area, with lots of places to stop along the way. Plus, Astoria is a
cool
> > old
> > town. Mike Patterson posts a great deal on birding in that area. <A
> > HREF="http://home.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html">Patterson
> > Birds</A>
> >
> > Jan Watson
> > Rochester, WA
> >
> >
>