WORLD OCEAN DAY 2025~Bay Center-WA

I woke up with a stuffy nose and a headache, and thought, "I need some fresh air" - but I'm tired of just driving 5 minutes down the road to watch waves": I wanted new scenery to see.

Then I recalled a snippet of convo we discussed with David, when he was here, yesterday.

And today is also World Ocean Day 2025: The theme for World Oceans Day 2025 is "Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us". This theme highlights the ocean's ability to inspire wonder and awe, encouraging curiosity, scientific knowledge, exploration, and innovation. It also emphasizes the ocean's vital role in sustaining us, both materially (food, energy, trade) and emotionally.

I decided to drive to Bay Center-WA 😊

It's a nice drive too, to get there 👌

Today, would be a nice Sunday Drive Day; the day is beautiful - nice & warm, sunny 🌞, clear blue skies without a cloud seen anywhere. A perfect day to be out and about.

There isn't a whole lot to see in Bay Center - this daytrip would basically be just a trip down memory lane, spurred on by a mention during yesterday's visitation convo; I suspected that Holland had never been there, so I asked him if he'd like to tag along … and he did 🕊️

Looking forward to today's jaunt ;-)

It's a beautiful day here, in Ocean Park-WA

Bay Center-WA from Ocean Park-WA; 56 min (43.3 mi) via Sandridge Rd and US-101 N

Ocean Park-WA & Bay Center-WA locations.

Coming up on Bay Center-WA

Bay Center-WA Info:  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Center,_Washington & https://pacificcountyedc.org/our-communities/bay-center-nemah/)

Bay Center-WA fishing boat.

Maybe a 10 minute drive, to circle the entire community.

Skylar's Restaurant; #380 Dike Rd, Bay Center, WA

The nautical themed windows caught my eye, on this house as we drove past it.

Pretty, little, white white roses amidst the weedy roadside bushes.

I spent many happy days in Bay Center when I was a teen; my stepfather John Emerson had also spent a great deal of time there - his mother Dicie had been raised there, and that's probably where she met John's father, Ralph. Ralph was Skagit Indian, and was a net fisherman all his life. When John and my mother were still married, we would annually drive to Bay Center from Cathlamet to visit his Grandma Peggy; I loved Grandma Peggy, and her little cottage house to the right, as we passed over the little bridge in the community.

Bay Center-WA from Cathlamet-WA; 59 min (51.6 mi) via WA-4 W and US-101 N

Bay Center-WA is a fishing community, and I noticed when I was there a couple years ago (less than 5), that there is now an Indian Tribal Office down by the circular turn around. Internet research surfing informed me that Bay Center is not a designated Indian reservation. While the Chinook Indian Nation is headquartered in Bay Center and has tribal members living there, they are an unrecognized tribe and do not have a formally recognized reservation. But I do know that The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe in Tokeland-WA, is a federally recognized tribe with a reservation located along Willapa Bay near Raymond-WA.

There are 7 global bodies of water called oceans - I've spent the majority of my life to date, along the northern part of the Pacific Ocean; currently living in Ocean Park-WA, which is basically the tip of the North Pacific Peninsula. In September of this year, we will be setting pegs in Brookings-OR, the lower end of the North Pacific Ocean.

We honeymooned & lived portions of 2023, 2024, & 2025 along the Southwestern Pacific Ocean: my husband Holland, was born in Santa Cruz-CA - and surfed the waves of the coastal Southwestern Pacific Ocean there, in his younger years. It is a beautiful place, and I'm glad we visited there last year.

Though CA is geographically in the southwestern part of the country, is not considered part of the "down South" region of America.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world. It reaches from the West Coast of the United States to Asia and Australia. The USA states of Alaska (the largest American State, with Texas following after), Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii border the Pacific Ocean.

When we got back home, my eyes were so itchy and I was sneezing so hard, I gulped some Dayquil down my sore throat and went upstairs to lay down for about half an hour: Holland woke me up 3 hours later (!), and we ate a quickie Supper - last night's chicken & biscuits leftover for him & a chicken Cup-O-Soup for me. Then, he made a couple fruit smoothies … and I grated the lemon peel for my spice collection (I like to use the peel in a couple recipes).

Grated Lemon peel; for cooking.

It was an enjoyable Day & a nice, peaceful evening ❤️🕊️

 Today was a good Sunday~Funday Day.

Tonight will be a good night too, with a good world oceans read, featuring my favorite author bent on fun hijinks' and high adventure 😁

FRIENDSHIPS~SHAVUA TOV; Ocean Park-WA

I briefly touched down on my FB Page this afternoon … and thought I'd been hacked through a Friend link: But, that wasn't the case, thank the Lord. I was just getting ready to send my Friend a message that perhaps she'd been hacked, but ended up laughing, instead 😂🤣

God thing, earth angel friendships, are spiritually uplifting, and a special family cohesiveness 😘

Texting with Karen.

Following that humorous interaction, I was at the other end of Independence, when my phone alerted me of an incoming call - by the time I reached my phone, a familiar truck was pulling up in front of our front door 😉

This afternoon was busy with warm & friendly vibes 😊

David stopped by for a good, lengthy visit. David is my oldest friend - we've been friends since 1965, and I like that he and Holland interact well.

Longtime friendships are heart warmingly special 😘

After David left, I got busy making Supper.

VAL'S OPEN-FACE CHICKEN PIE WITH BISCUIT TOPPING Recipe; Ocean Park-WA: 

(https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2025/06/vals-open-face-chicken-pie-with-biscuit.html)

Then, we both relaxed and enjoyed a peaceful, quiet, ushering in of he new week as daylight faded into dusk. Holland watched some news clips … and I checked out Olive Tree Ministry's latest video:

Back to the grind, while 'staying tuned' …

Holland & I are cautiously paying attention to what is going on with President Trump, and his administration - what started good 👏 is quickly going off the rails 😳, and we are both thinking 🤔 we should distance our support from Trump and his agenda 😕

The 'Office of Faith' in the White House will lead to national disaster: it is opening a door to propel obama's agenda forward! paula white is a tool in Lucifer's gang box - she embraces every religion, and is - in MHO - empty-headed and under-handed 👺That office in the White House is the devil's playground 😈👹; and will a doorway for wickedness to be played out on the national & global landscape.

Remember King Solomon! 📖 He was the wisest and prudent man on Earth; but he married many foreign women, and to placate them he started joining them in their pagan 👹 religious observances (catering to demonic influences) "to keep the peace". His reign did not end well.

Trump has recently been hailed by the Saudi King as "President of the World" - WTHeck!!! 😡

This is going the way of global dictatorship spelled out in the Book of Revelation ✝️: NOT GOOD 😟

And if Trump continues down this path of questionable friendships that lead to questionable activity, his 2nd Presidential term will not end well, either.

But be that as it may … my eyes are turned upward, waiting for the moment when the sky will ring with the ultimate friendship trump blast, to air lift me out of all this crazy behavior unfolding on Earth 🙏🙄☝️❤️

Jan Markel - Your Kingdom Come: When the Government Is On His Shoulders: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANmhUelTa0g)