I retired October 30th after 30 years running a one-man office and just sold my Vashon Island, Washington home. I moved to my retirement home March 11th on the ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River on Washington State’s Long Beach Peninsula. My first visit to the Peninsula was with my late grandmother in her ’49 Cadillac sedan in 1953 to see her ocean house that was just being built. Many nice memories.
I drove my ’49 Coupe De Ville down to the ocean house on a beautiful day and had a beautiful drive. It looks mighty handsome tucked in its new garage. Can’t wait to begin driving my baby around its new home.
Late one morning I took this picture of the CDV at the mouth of the Columbia River where it meets the Pacific Ocean on the Washington side, with Waikiki Beach (yes, that’s the name of the little beach to the left and in front of my car) and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse. Across the river on the Oregon side is Warrenton and Fort Stevens and, in the distance, Saddle Mountain. This is about where Lewis and Clark would have first seen the Pacific Ocean before crossing over to the Oregon side for the winter. The morning sun, unfortunately, was intense and almost directly in front of me. It probably would have been better to take the picture later in the day.