February 10, 2007
This afternoon, The Boyfriend and I headed out for Long Beach, WA for a few days. We stopped in the town of Raymond along the way. (See the Willapa Bay Chamber of Commerce Web site for additional information.)
I really liked Raymond for its quiet, small town atmosphere and its great public art — the Sculpture Corridor, decorated sidewalks and terra cotta planter boxes, sculptural sidewalk benches, and variety of architectural details.
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(I’m not sure where the Sculpture Corridor proper is; I saw lots of metal sculptures throughout town.)
Raymond also has the Northwest Carriage Museum and the Willapa Seaport Museum. The Seaport Museum was closed, but we arrived at the Carriage Museum shortly before its closing time.
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We’d like to thank the docent (or guide?) at the Carriage Museum for her hospitality. She was friendly and helpful, sharing information about the town of Raymond, the museum, and herself, and I think we kept her past closing time. We didn’t ask her name (I know — how rude!); she’s about 60, has long dark hair gathered in a ponytail, wears glasses, used to make architectural models in the San Francisco Bay area, now creates soft sculptures, and she has tinnitus (ringing in the ears). If you stop by Raymond and encounter her, please extend our extra gratitude. (We did thank her before we left.)
We arrived in Long Beach after dark. Lucky for you, dear blog reader — fewer photos.