Westport Week 2 and Port Angeles

Our second week of working at Westport, LLC, with the exception of one minor disaster, went smoothly. Ioana and Maggie continued to work with the electrical crew, installing lights, switches, and other appliances throughout the near-completed yacht. Lina also stuck with the plumbing crew, fitting pipes and water lines for HVAC systems and windshield wipers.

On Friday morning, work was going as planned, until we heard an announcement over the intercom. A temporary lamp caught fire on one of the yachts, and the yard had to evacuate. Everyone remained calm, and we were back to work within half an hour. The yacht was flooded and drained, and there was no work done on it for the rest of the day.

After work on Friday, we packed up for a weekend trip to see Alex Koziol and Sean Healy, two classmates who are currently working at Westport's Port Angeles location. We arrived after a three-and-a-half-hour drive to a precarious sleeping situation.

Maggie made the best of it.

The next morning, the three of us went out for a hearty breakfast at a cafe across the street from the shipyard.

After stuffing ourselves with pancakes and biscuits, we returned to the house to pick up Sean, Alex, and Alex's girlfriend Jenny, to go skiing and tubing on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. We stopped to take in the breathtaking views on the drive up.

That's Sean Healy in the corner, by the way.

Sean, Alex, and Jenny hit the slopes, while Maggie, Ioana, and Lina went tubing. Please enjoy some GoPro footage of the three of us giddily sliding down a hill over and over and over again.

Maggie and Lina decided to tube together. As expected, putting the bigger person on top made the experience less enjoyable.

We spent an hour tubing, then went to the lodge to buy souvenirs at the gift shop, eat lunch, and take more pictures of the incredible view, while Alex and Sean continued teaching Jenny how to ski.

From left: Sean, Ioana, Lina, Jenny, Alex, and Maggie

As the sun began to set, we all piled into the car and headed home, where Alex treated us with a shake-n-bake chicken dinner. Olympic National Park was a great experience, and we hope to go back to explore it some more!

Read our next post to see our Sunday trip to Victoria, Canada!

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