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Westport Week 1

Westport work days begin at 7 a.m. and end at 3:45 p.m., with two ten-minute breaks and a 45-minute lunch break in between. Our first day of work was composed of training and orientation, after which we were split up. Maggie did electrical work on one of the nearly-completed yachts for the rest of the week. Ioana and Lina cleaned some of the boats on Wednesday, prepped walls for wallpaper on Thursday, and separated into different jobs on Friday. Lina worked in the plumbing shop for the first half of Friday, then painted for the rest of the day. Ioana worked in the electrical shop.

So far, work has been tiring, but enjoyable. The employees at Westport, LLC are very patient with teaching us and are always ready to help out.

On Saturday, we took a 35-minute drive to neighboring Aberdeen to look around. We shopped at a flea market and some department stores, stocking up on accessories, face masks, and snacks (Were all the items we bought useless? Yes. Do we regret it? Not at all.)



A mural, The Immigrants, painted in 2016. 




 A sign over the Wishkah River reads: "Welcome to Aberdeen, 'Gateway to the Olympics'". Another sign up the highway reads "Welcome to Aberdeen, Come As You Are" as a tribute to late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain.


After a few hours in Aberdeen, we drove back home to take a walk on the black-sand beach down the road. Though it was windy and cold, we spent a while by the ocean collecting sand dollars.










 
 


 Maggie's picture of the pile of rocks was prettier.


 A sand dollar!










When the sun began to set, we walked back to the house, where we relaxed with some Netflix specials. A few hours later, we went out to eat again, this time at Bennett's Fish Shack by the Westport Marina.





On the menu: Fish-n-chips, burgers, and clam chowder.


On Sunday, we went out for ice cream despite the pouring rain.







We can't wait to see what Week 2 will bring!

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