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Discovery

Welcome to the FUN Peninsula!We know that you will have a terrific time because there are so many things to discover! There’s nothing worse at the end of a vacation than realizing too much time was spent in front of the TV. Even when the weather’s a little gloomy, it pays to get out and explore.

Families who have visited before and some who live here have put together their best ideas for scavenger hunts, puzzles, and fun things to do. Choose the ones you think would be the most fun, and save the others for your next visit.

If you’re reading this before you visit, a good idea is to check out the list of greatfiction books that take place on the Peninsula. Reading them will make your visit twice as exciting!

Have fun and explore all the great sites from Chinookto historic Oysterville.

Enjoy!

David Craft and Friends

This publication is the Eagle Project of Ocean Park resident David Craft for the Boy Scouts of America. Special thanks to Don Nisbett for the cover art and illustrations throughout the book. For prints of the front or back cover art, visit Don Nisbett’s Crew House Gallery on Ilwaco’s waterfront.

Note: Don’t spoil the fun before you need to, but scavenger hunt clues and puzzle answers are on page 10.

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1 Sunday services at the historic Oysterville church.4 It always comes with waves.5 Where the sky appears to meet the ocean.8 Meriweather Lewis’ dog.9 A man-made rock formation that sticks out into the ocean and helps prevent beach erosion.10 These come approximately every seventh wave.13 A popular coastal candy14 The co-founder of Oysterville who shares his name with a member of the Corps of Discovery.15 They paint the sky in August.

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2 This festival celebrates the sand castle.3 Where the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean meet.6 Sometimes comes with a pearl.7 The railroad that ran by the tide.9 Half man, half alligator.11 This city was named after Chinook Indian Chief Elowahka Jim.12 Festival where cloves are found.

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Coastal Nature Scavenger Hunt1. Pick up a beach safety brochure.2. Select seven grains of beach sand.3. Find a pinecone.4. Pick a blade of dune grass.5. Choose an interesting piece of driftwood.6. Spot a feather.7. Find a razor clam shell or other seashell.8. Find an oyster shell on the beach or near the bay.9. Find a sand dollar, or part of one.10. Look for a beach flower.11. Pick up an information brochure on cranberry bogs.12. Find a pumice stone on the beach.13. Find a sea sponge.14. Find a glass bottle.15. Find a Styrofoam float.16. Find a Japanese glass fishing ball or other glass float.*

*If you find one of these rare treasures, be sure to stop by the Visitors Bureau and let them know about your great find!

Lewis & Clark Scavenger Hunt1. Make a rubbing of “Clark’s Tree.”

2. Take a photo at “Beards Hollow.”

3. Visit the whale skeleton. Make a drawing or take a photo.

4. List the five Lewis and Clark volcanoes found at the Bolstad beach approach:

____________, ___________, _____________, ____________, ____________

5. Take a picture from the overlook at the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

6. Visit Clark’s statue and the bronze sturgeon on the discovery trail. Find the seventh name on the

list of those who accompanied Clark: _____________________

7. Photograph yourself with Lewis and Clark in Long Beach’s Lewis and Clark square.

8. Get an autograph from at least one direct descendent of Lewis or Clark.*

*Hint: Seaman would have loved the “dog house” near the Lewis and Clark square, and perhaps some sweet treats as well.

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Things to See and DoFun and FreeLearn about cranberries at the Cranberry Museum’s indoor and outdoor displays. Stroll the boardwalk, enriched by sculptures and displays. Visit the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum (free on Thursdays). Fly a kite. Explore Marsh’s Free Museum. Do some bird watching, especially at the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge. Enjoy entertainment at Ilwaco’s Saturday Market.* Hike to North Head and Cape Disappointment Lighthouses. Visit Maya’s Confluence Proj-ect. Walk the Willapa Salmon Art Trail. Watch the whale migration.* Learn about oysters at the Willapa Bay Inter-pretive Center in Nahcotta. Walk the Beach to Bay Trail in Ocean Park. Bike or hike the Discovery Trail.

Excellent OptionsGo horseback riding on the beach.* Try putt-putting at a fun course.* Swim at the Dune’s Pool. Visit the Kite Muse-um. Play arcade games. Ride go-carts and carnival attrac-tions.* Bowl in Ilwaco. Tour the North Head Lighthouse.* View movies in Long Beach. Ride the Merry Go Round. Sakteboard at the park.

Great BooksCheck out the libraries and book stores for great fiction set right here on the Peninsula! In the Bos-ton Jane series by Jennifer L. Holm, a 16-year-old girl ventures to the wild Washington territory from a civilized Philadelphia. Award-winning author Patricia Beatty wrote three adventurous books that chronicle historic Nachotta, the Klipsan Beach Life Saving Station and more. Titles are Sarah and Me and the Lady from the Sea, O The Red Rose Tree and The Nickle-Plated Beauty. Oysterville author Sydney Stevens’ books about the Peninsula’s history can be found in libraries and local shops.

Beach CraftsGlue some shells to a small box. Thread a ribbon through a shell with a small hole, and hang it as an ornament to remember fun times at the beach. Make a sculpture from small pieces of driftwood.

*Seasonal

Sunday Morning RaidBy Daniel Hiley

Finally, it was time to steal the county seat from under the nose of the law.

Our steamer ships pierced a thick gray fog as they quietly made their way across Shoalwater Bay that cold February morning. We were single-minded in our purpose—to confiscate the county records Oys-terville refused to surrender. There’d been a vote, I was told, which gave my town of South Bend the right to become the new county seat. South Bend was booming, but shrinking Oysterville was quickly becoming a remnant of the past.

At 14, I was the youngest of the 85 men from our raiding party. As I set my foot on the gangplank, Wallace spoke up, saying, “I’ll stay here and guard the ship.” “You’re not chicken, Wallace?” taunted one of our mates. “No, just afeared somebody’ll take the ship while we’re gone!” We all laughed heartily and convinced him to come along.

We crept through the streets to the courthouse, the enthusiastic singing of the Sunday morning faith-ful conveniently muffling the sounds of our shuffling feet. After kicking open the door, the older men went straight for the documents. The rest of us absconded with fancy furniture intended for our new courthouse, the old Bristol and Leonard building. Everything was going great until an Oysterville citi-zen showed up, ripped off a chair leg and started swinging it at our heads.

It was time to get out of there! Amazingly, Wallace had fallen asleep during the excitement and refused to wake up. I wanted to leave him, but one of my mates piped up, “He may be dead weight to us, but Wallace is a friend o’ Cap’n.” We hefted him up on the couch we were carrying and headed toward the ship.

We could see that a guard blocked the bridge. An idea popped into my head. “Hey, why don’t we throw this dead weight of a man into the bay as a distraction?” “But he’s Cap’n’s friend!” “Who cares? If we don’t get across, we won’t be seeing Cap’n!” So we dumped Wallace into the water with a great splash. Wallace swam like a rock. While the guard helped him out of the water, we made our way across unnoticed.

On board the steamer, Cap’n celebrated our conquest and quickly set our course for home. The next day, he asked, “Hey, ya wouldn’t happen ta know what happened ta Wallace, would ya now?” I was rather panicked at this question as it was no secret Cap’n was quite skilled in finding lies. I told him the truth. He laughed with gusto, asking “Why didn’t ya say so? That will teach that good-for-nothing landlubber a lesson!”

We kept watch for weeks, expecting a return raid from the men of Oysterville. It never came, and to this day my town of South Bend remains the county seat.

This is a fictional account, based on actual events. Oysterville was the county seat from 1855 until Feb. 5, 1893, when such a raid did indeed occur. Visitors can look for the sign that designates where the courthouse once stood. Author Daniel Hiley is a 16-year-old frequent visitor to the Long Beach Peninsula.

Giant Sand Dollar Cookies

½ cup (1 stick) of butter or margarine + one tablespoon of butter ¾ cups of sugar One egg Two cups of all-purpose flour One teaspoon of cinnamon sugar

Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a large cookie sheet. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg and gradually stir in the flour. Di-vide dough in half and make two giant balls. Push them down to about a ½ inch thick. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter. Use a toothpick to create a sand dol-lar pattern. Mix the melted butter with one teaspoon of cinnamon sugar and spread it on the cookies. Bake for 24-26 minutes and cool.

Parent Hints and Helps*This booklet is designed for school-age kids. For younger kids, ask for the coloring book from the Visitors Bureau. Pick up a map and read through the scavenger hunts before starting, to limit backtrack-ing.

Coastal Nature Scavenger HuntNote: Beach items should be scavenged from areas other than the state parks.

#1 Beach safety brochures are available at business-es throughout the Peninsula, including the Visitors Bureau. #2-9 Relatively easy to find. #10 Seasonal. Encourage your kids to photograph or draw the flow-er instead of picking it. #11 The Cranberry Museum is on Pioneer Road. Brochures are in an exterior box, with outdoor tours available year-round. #12-16 Increasingly difficult, with #16 being extremely rare. Kids who complete #1-11 have done a great job.

Photo Scavenger Hunt#2, 5, 11, 12 and 20 can be found in the down-town area of Long Beach. #1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18 and 19 are north of Long Beach, from Ocean Park to Oysterville. #1, 4, 10, 13, and 15 are south of Long Beach.

Lewis and Clark Scavenger HuntMost can be found on the Discovery Trail. #7 and 8 can be found in downtown Long Beach, next to the police station. Two direct descendents of William Clark can usually be found working in businesses in the square’s vicinity.

RESTROOMS. While on the scavenger hunts, you will find restrooms at each of the beach approach roads, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, the Lewis and Clark Square (restrooms next to the police sta-tion), near Marsh’s Free Museum, Loomis Lake and Pacific Pines State Parks (also great places near the ocean to picnic), Fort Columbia State Park, Ilwaco’s Harbor, Cape Disappointment, and North Head Light-house.

Shark Maze Answer

Word Mixer Answers1. epirtas: Pirates2. anoec: Canoe/Ocean3. bcienesrarr: Cranberries4. nerfusm: Surfmen5. ulassleg: Seagulls6. srhaks: Sharks

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HuntImportant:

Please be respectful of monumentsand private property.

Posing “with” doesn’t require climbing on!

1. Take a photo of a Clamshell Railroad car.2. Photograph your family in a giant frying pan.3. Walk to the observation deck at Loomis Lake state park and photograph your family.4. Take a picture of one of the old Fort Columbia cannon batteries5. See how you measure up to the giant clam.6. Take a photo of the oldest church on the peninsula.7. Pose beside a mountain of oyster shells.8. Capture the perfect sunset.9. Photograph the Klipsan Beach Life Saving Station Boathouse.10. Take a snapshot of your favorite boat or ship in Ilwaco’s harbor.11. Photograph the local giant walrus.12. Pose with wooden Indians.13. Take a family portrait in front of the North Head lighthouse.14. Take a picture of the old Nahcotta post office.15. Pose on the stage at Waikiki beach.16. Take a photo of the stained glass panel in Washington’s oldest store.17. Build your best sand castle and take a photo.18. Photograph the house built from shipwreck materials.19. Find and take a picture of the house of doors.20. Choose and photograph your favorite mural.

Illustrations contrib-uted by: Don Nisbett. For prints of the cover art, visit Don Nisbett’s Crew House Gallery on Ilwaco’s water-front.

Editorial content pro-vided by: Nancy Al-len, University Place; The Asberg Family, Tacoma; The Craft Family, Ocean Park; The Hiley Family, Stei-lacoom; The Holtry Family, Ocean Park; Sonia Klouse, Fed-eral Way; Carl Long, Ocean Park; Joyce Nissly, Atlanta, GA; Vince Stevens, Long Beach Peninsula; Zach Wilson, Ocean Park. Printing of this publi-cation made possible by: The Ilwaco-Long Beach Kiwanis Club; Kenneth and Christine Zion, Long Beach, CA; Kit and Mary Fox, Long Beach; Long Beach Peninsula Visi-tors Bureau; Leslie Brophy, Pacific Realty, Long Beach; Mike and Lea Mason, Olympia; Jenelle Worthington, Atlanta, GA; Jim and Julie Klouse, Federal Way; Coastal Candies & Gifts, Long Beach; June Harrison, Port-land, OR.

Special thanks to: Una Boyle, Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bu-reau, funbeach.com; Keleigh Schwartz, beachdog.com, Inc; Bobbi Lindsay, Boy Scouts of America, scouting.org.

Discovery awaits on the Long Beach Peninsula