"From Sea Lions to Stellar Burgers: A Memorable Evening in Grayland with a Side of Cranberry Delight"

Another Harvest Host win! We visited Grayland for one night after Aberdeen. We had visited long ago with the kids and remembered how much we enjoyed it there. The Cranzberry Museum offered a quiet place for us to park in their field. The host just warned us to keep our eyes peeled for—no big deal!

It's amazing how cool the history of the area is. The host told us stories and taught us so much we would have never know about the humble cranberry and the farmers who grow them. She herself also learned to weld to build cranberry picking machines and works on crafts to sell in the gift shop that accompanies the museum. This woman was pretty spectacular.

The retro stuff was right up our alley; in fact, a few things in this photo could have been found in our house before we sold everything to travel.

These are hilarious!

This place had some cool sculpture art made by the host. I am not sure if this is hers, but it’s great.

Had to swing by the Grays Harbor lighthouse. It's pretty awe inspiring to think of how many lives this place has saved over time. The tour guide was staying on the property in an RV doing a work camp trade, which is a program Todd and I have looked into for options down the road!

One of these kids is TERRIFIED of heights…yet faced his fears to walk up an obscene amount of stairs, only to then realize that he hates being up high and immediately turning back around to go back to the bottom.

He did let me snap a quick picture though!

The first time we were here it was with almost the whole family and the kids were just babies. This time there were two missing from the trip and it was a bittersweet moment to be here again after so much time.

I realized very quickly just how out of shape I am.

After the never ending stairway we decided it was time to head downtown and see what we could find.

It was here…

-That the first 5 star burger presented itself.

So far the front runner in the search for the best burger competition! (This competition held only by the boys of course.)

I ate some phenomenon fish and chips. Because who doesn’t eat seafood when visiting a coastal town?!?!

Then the smell of warm waffles assaulted my senses and I fell victim to its siren call.

A walk on the waterfront to counteract the food coma became necessary. The views were beautiful. The sea lions were LOUD!

…And the award for the best storefront name

What brilliant soul came up with this for a kite/bait and tackle shop? This person is genius.

Back to the RV to relax and potentially be dinner for a bear.

Until morn when it was time to pack it up and move on to the next unsuspecting town.

Shadow is such a good road dog. He loves travel days, because he knows we are off to another adventure!