Canada - Vancouver - September 1970

 Continuing North out of Seattle towards Canada.  We were quite stunned by the miles and miles of roads just like this one, we could be anywhere in the U.S.

 The International Peace Memorial and Park, very close to the USA and the Canadian borders.

The Border between the U.S.A. and Canada.

 Enormous now from Google.

 The Lions Gate Bridge heading to West Vancouver.

 The photos I am taking with 'Grab' on Google are a lot clearer  in Canada than the ones I took in the U.S.A.  I wonder why, I would have thought the US ones would have been the best??

U.S.A. - Bremerton-Seattle, Washington, September 1970

 Leaving Bremerton on the Car Ferry heading for Seattle.

 Seattle from Puget Sound.

Seattle.

Washington Canal

 Log Raft in a Lock - Washington Ship Canal.

mm

 A barge with a load of trailers and mobile homes.

 Elderly wooden hulled Tug.

U.S.A. - USS Missouri, Bremerton-Seattle, Washington, September 1970

 Here is the USS Missouri in the mothball fleet in Seattle, I tried to find her today on Google but she's now in Pearl Harbour.   How fascinating.  Click USS Missouri to read all about her.

 From Wiki: Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.

Scene of the signing of surrender by the Japanese.

 The Mothball Fleet in Bremerton today from Google.

 Olympia to Bremerton.

U.S.A. - Olympia, Washington - September 1970

Still heading North on Highway 101 towards Washington State.  Note cracked windscreen :-(

 From Google.

Entering Washington and from Google below.

 Looking back to Oregon.

Olympia Brewery!

A jingle on the radio way back in 1970,  is still in my head today - 'Don't you know it's the water that makes Olympia Beer...'   I'm not a beer drinker but David who is didn't agree with the jingle but there again it wasn't long after touring all these Breweries that he took up brewing his own and still, after 42 years is brewing away.

Check out the History of the Olympia Brewery here.

 I preferred the grounds around the Brewery than the innards, very pretty and relaxing.

 Can you see that salmon jumping out of the water on the bottom left of this photo :-)

 Tillamook to Olympia.

Postcards sent by us - Newport, Oregon - 11.9.1970

Sunset Bay, Oregon.
A beautiful sight on the Oregon Coast.

To:- The Griffiths, Dominion Circuit, Deakin. A.C.T. 2600.  Australia

Had to send a card from Newport, car is going well, so are we.  Should be in Canada tomorrow.

Love Dave and Pennie xxx

Postcards sent by us - Newport, Oregon - 11.9.1970

Steller Sea Lions.
One of the larger sea mammals found along the off shore rocks of the ocean.  Bulls weigh up to one ton.

To:- The Rodds, Crescent Road, Newport. N.S.W. 2106. Australia.

Newport, Oregon.

Had to send a card from Newport.

Love to all P & D xxx

P.S.  These Seals were very very smelly.

U.S.A. - Oregon-Coos Bay to Tillamook - September 1970

 Right on the coast, on Highway 101 we came across this shop which had a lift in it and we went down a fair way to a cave where there were these Sea Lions, hard to see in this photo but they are there on the rocks.  The smell was overwhelming and one doesn't stay down there for long, that smell has never left my head!

 Beautiful coastline.

Highway 101 and the Sea Lion Cave from Google.

 Another 'Newport'!

 Tillamook Cheese Factory.  We've never found an American cheese that was as good as the French, Emglish or now, even Australian Cheeses... I'm sure there must be some fantastic cheeses but all we've ever eaten on our three visits to the US has paled behind those other countries.  Fascinating to watch though.

U.S.A. - Coos Bay, Oregon - September 1970