Westport Week 7 and Olympic National Park

During our next-to-last week at Westport, LLC, Maggie worked in plumbing, Lina worked in fairing, and Ioana worked in finish carpentry. Maggie installed piping in the 40-meter boat, which will launch in the summer. Lina helped sand and spot-fill the transom of the 38-meter boat, which had a primer shoot over the weekend. Ioana packed cabinets and installed flooring.

As our time in Westport nears the end, we decided to show our gratitude to the crews that mentored us over the past few weeks. We bought baking supplies from the grocery store and baked cookies (but not before going to the movies to watch Black Panther, obviously).

It took us seven hours and half a season of My Name is Earl but the cookies came out great!

On Sunday, we heeded the recommendations of many coworkers and drove to Olympic National Forest. We stopped at a couple of trails (but we were too cold to do much hiking), a waterfall, and Ruby Beach, which, to our disappointment, wasn't covered in rubies, but was beautiful nevertheless.

Jump shots part 4

Jump shots part 5

Jump shots part 6

Maggie and Ioana are preparing for their drive back to Webb, while Lina is preparing to live out the remainder of winter work alone. We can't believe winter work is almost over!

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