Originally Posted by vagabond

A couple days ago, we drove over to Neah Bay and then to Cape Flattery.

It's a 25 minute hike from the parking lot to the Cape itself. And it was worth every minute. It rained as is usual here in the Northwest, but when it stopped and the clouds parted a bit, we were rewarded with the most wonderful sight.

We were so close to Vancouver Island that my cell phone sent me a notification welcoming me to Canada and that text and low speed data cost $0. The Makah Tribe don't have any country boundaries - their relatives in Canada are their relatives and not Canadians. The Makah Museum displayed artifacts from the ancient settlement of Ozette, just south of Cape Flattery. Thousands of years ago, the Makah lived in longhouses, hunted whales, raised families, wove baskets, make jewelry, created wood storage boxes from one piece of cedar. One very interesting story is of a Japanese fishing boat in 1863 (or something like that) that got caught in a severe typhoon causing it to lose its rudder and it drifted in the Pacific Ocean for 14 months. The boat shipwrecked near Ozette and the Makah took care of the 3 survivors (aged 14, 15 and 27) until they could be sent to the Hudson Bay company in Vancouver.

In any event, we saw a cruise ship leave Seattle on its way to Alaska. We saw a couple of cargo ships off the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Fishing boats were docked at the port in Neah Bay. We had Indian fry bread at Pat's.

At the Cape, the constant force of the Pacific Ocean carved out deep caves from the rock. A sign said that if you sit quietly, you can feel the rock shake and rumble beneath you. In another few hundred years, that spot will probably not exist anymore.

That plucky bottle managed to avoid getting hit by ships or getting caught inside those caves. I have to admire the forces and the conditions involved to have it land on our little beach.

Since mr vagabond was the one who found it, he gets to decide whether to open it or not. So far, he's shown no inclination to open it. Will keep y'all posted.