[455firebird1969]

Originally Posted by Will

Girlfriend and I spent a long weekend on the coast for our 2nd anniversary two weekends ago.

At Cape Flattery, the furthest West point in the lower 48:

DSC_9983-Pano-2 by willhbaker, on Flickr

At La Push, where we stayed Friday and Saturday nights.

DSC_0246 by willhbaker, on Flickr

DSC_0337 by willhbaker, on Flickr

These Washington Coast pictures bring back some good memories. I logged many hours flying the area. I was stationed at Coast Guard. AIRSTA Port Angeles in 1986-1990. Our area of Operations was east to the Seattle area, West to Cape Flattery, and South to the Clearwater area. Cape Flattery lighthouse is on Tatoosh island, offshore, West of cape Flattery. We used to fly the ATON guys & gear out there to maintain the light. We did the same at Destruction Island, which is further South near Clearwater.

We flew H-52 helicopters up till 1988, when we transitioned to the H-65 helicopter.

I took this picture the day I cleaned my 1986 CJ-7 after entering in the local mud bowl event. I had duty that day, and you can see the ready-plane out on the ramp, behind my Jeep. The AIRSTA is on the end of Ediz Hook, that extends several miles out into the Straights of Juan de Fuca. I took the seats & center console out so I could remove the mud that got everywhere. I pulled a plastic plug out of the floor, drove it up the edge of the wash rack so the water & mud could drain out. There is a mooring line I normally had wrapped around my front bumper, laid-out in front of my Jeep, drying in the sun.

I had a good time flying that coastline, life sure was different looking back...lol