More fun at Ocean Shores

One thing I have to say about Ocean Shores and the folks at the Quinault Beach Resort is that these folks sure know how to throw a party!

We’ve just spent our last weekend here, taking in the July 4th festivities before we head further north tomorrow.  The QBRC folks flexed their party muscles with free entertainment on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday we were treated to an outdoor concert by Mickey Thomas and Starship, the current incarnation through a path too complicated for mere mortals to understand of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.

The concert got off to a slow start.  It must take a lot of courage to put yourself out there in front of a crowd that is just sort of sitting like a lumps on the beach.  The audio quality didn’t help much … we heard lots of bass but the treble wasn’t quite right.  That may have been due to the venue, which was outside directly next to a big flat wall (the hotel).

Regardless, they kept at it and eventually the crowd warmed up.  By the end of the performance the magic was happening and a good time was had by all.

Sunday was of course fireworks day, and I have to wonder how many thousands or millions of dollars went up in smoke.  I thought I had seen fireworks before, but wow, this was something else!

QBRC is a few miles down the beach from the town of Ocean Shores, and near as I can tell that whole stretch and more on either side was covered by vehicles settled in to launch fireworks.  Hours before dark already fireworks were going off in the hundreds.  I confess I don’t understand that – I couldn’t see much more than the smoke!

But it continued as the light faded (and late into the night) and for hours there were near continuous fireworks for miles.

I thought the resort’s contribution would be more of the same, perhaps with more coordination, or greater numbers of fireworks.  Boy was I wrong … there was no comparison!  The booms were louder, the flashes were bigger, and the sky was filled with a spectacular light show.

The whole event was so overwhelming I was laughing from sheer giddiness at times.  You haven’t seen fireworks until you’ve seen them done like this!

Tomorrow, if things go as planned, we will settle into the Seattle area for a few days before crossing back into Canada and into the lower mainland area.  We both have friends and family there that we haven’t seen for a while so I am quite looking forward to that.