Washington Trip

BevMo isn't any different. They and TW are my last resort options when looking for something but they both have up to date online inventories for stores.

 

I'm feeling your pain, but, maybe take a look around Aberdeen before ya flame the travel department. 2nd rate might be the best thing in town. I mean, hell, something about the place had to piss Kurt Cobain off, right?

 

This. Hoquideen is an odd place. Kinda glad my Dad didn't get the job he applied for there in the mid-80s.

 

@LeRose In a former life I used to travel a lot to plants and kept strange hours as well. Almost miss a good stout and fried eggs after working a graveyard shift. Westport is 'quaint' to say the least but I like it, in a gritty faded glory kind of way. This time of year, albacore is running so fresh fish and chips should be available. Surf shop has a good statue to take a picture next to. Bay City Sausage on the way in is a good place to stop if you happen to have a bbq on hand. Sand dollars can be found on the beach if you would like to bring back a souvenir or two. Certainly been to worse places than Westport for work .......

 

Aberdeen is sadly an example of what Wal-Mart can do to a city. My family has a cabin past Aberdeen in North Cove (past Westport and near Tokeland) so I remember going to the little mall out there which was always full of stores and people. The first Wal-Mart in the state was built out there and it put most other places out of business, and that mall is now a very sad ghost town.

Aberdeen has a new little brewery in downtown, so go support them.

 

My brother's bachelor party was held on the beach at Ocean City St. Park. Pretty much all my beer-related experience of Hoquideen consisted of buying beer for that shindig at the grocery store that was located near the hwy as you come into Aberdeen from the east. Glad to hear there's now a brewery there, as options seemed limited to a few dive bars.