Hi Alex Well, I'll be a blue-nosed gopher. Whodathunkit. Actually getting into La Push from the sea isn't that hard as they have a good lighted range and the breakwaters are also illuminated at night. Depoe Bay OR, is the fun one to enter at night.. In rough weather - just ask my wife. As you are going to get boarded in La Push by the CG anyway (they have little to do there and are always looking for fresh meat) it wouldn't hurt to call them and ask to be guided in. Makes them feel useful <G>. I can remember when La Push was just as you describe, but worse. Actively hostile to the recreational boater and when you added that to the days of the unkindly and ungentle CG (before they all received "nice" training) it was a place to be avoided except in emergency. The decision was to die at sea or go there and sometimes it wasn't an easy decision <G>. I will put it back on our "splashing about on the Washington Coast" itinerary for next year. Thanks Joe Engel -----Original Message----- From: Alex Hirsekorn [mailto:alexh@olypen.com] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:53 PM To: Trawler World List Subject: TWL: Re: RE: Eat in LaPush ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Engel" <joe@jre.com> > Wait a sec.... Are you saying that in La Push there is actually an > eating place and that it is possible to have to wait for a table? > You bet! In truth, you'll probably get right in most of the time but if you do have to wait I think you'll find that it was worth it. The Peninsula Daily News ran an article/review on the River Edge Restaurant but unfortunately they don't seem to keep much of an archive on the web. Not only that but the marina (which virtually adjoins the restaurant) seems to be working on separating the commercial fishing boats from the pleasure boats with the pleasure boats being mostly on the eastern group of piers. When I was growing up in Port Angeles 30 or 40 years ago LaPush was thought of as a poor, sullen, even hostile neighbor to the Mora/Rialto Beach tourist area. That has very much changed and I've always felt welcome and comfortable whenever we've visited the 'res' over the last few years. The coastal Indian villages like LaPush and Neah Bay are realizing (perhaps even more so than some of our non-Indian communities) that the 'old ways' are going to need a bit of modification in order to survive. For more information on what is being done or planned at LaPush try this: http://www.clallam.org/Articles/Business4-10-02.htm Disclaimer: I visit these places by car since it's only an hour or so from our home. The harbor entrance at LaPush intimidates the be-jesus out of me in anything but flat calm. For anyone who shares my lubberly method of transport it may be of interest that there are two cabin type resorts at the south end of LaPush that are undergoing what looks like a pretty thorough upgrading (and they weren't that bad to start with!). Enthusiastically yours, Alex _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawler-world-list

For those, like me, who have no idea where or what La Push is but want to follow the thread http://www.edb.utexas.edu/teachnet/QTVR/Tours/JITour.htm Great panoramic view..including the Coast Guard boat Joe was talking about. Capt. Bob Clinkenbeard http://dreamwater.net/twinscrews/ M/V Twin Screws 1964 Chris Craft Roamer 56'