community october4 2018 11 Sou’wester Lodge on the Long Beach Peninsula continued from page 10 Long Beach is home to the World Kite Museum and the Washington State International Kite Festival in August each year. This corner of Southwest Washington is known for its sea- food, with fishing, crabbing, oys- tering, and clamming popular pur- suits. Numerous fishing charters operate out of the Port of Ilwaco and the surrounding areas. This area also offers sev- eral State Park options to visit, in- cluding Cape Disappointment and Fort Columbia, and Fort Stevens State Park on the Oregon side of the river, where you can learn about the VNC 503-429-9333 Recreational & Medical Marijuana Dispensary Serving the Community Featuring: • Edibles • Concentrates • CBD Oils, Topicals, & Tinctures • Flower Grams & Pre-rolled Joints Above: The Seaview beach on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington Left: Relaxing at The Sou’wester Lodge history of the region including the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the WWII defense installations. If you’re looking for good food and drinks, the Long Beach Penin- sula has options, but with Astoria right across the bridge, we headed there for meals. We visited the Buoy Beer Company, a microbrew at the 8th Street Pier with full food menu and outstanding river views. We had breakfast at the Blue Scorcher Bakery & Café (1493 Duane Street, right next door to the Fort George Brewery), an employ- ee owned, organic restaurant, that uses locally sourced ingredients to create delicious and healthy foods. After breakfast we strolled along the Astoria Riverwalk and enjoyed the fabulous fall weather, the sunshine and sea breezes, and the fantastic views. With so much to see and do, and such a short drive away, the Long Beach Peninsula, the Sou’wester Lodge, and Astoria make a great overnight or week- end get-away and really are worth the trip! Vernonia’s Natural Choice Open 7 days 10am - 8pm 886 Bridge Street Vernonia’s Voice is published on the 1st and 3rd Thursday. Look for our next issue on October 18. Betsy Johnson Our State Senator We still have work to do. Remember to vote by November 6 Mariolino’s Pizza & Grill Open for breakfast, lunch & dinner Daily Specials We have ice cream! Cones-Shakes-Sundaes Owned and Operated by Don & Kim Wallace DON WALLACE, PLS Professional Land Surveying 1224 E. Alder St. Vernonia, OR 97064 Phone: 503-429-6115 FAX: 1-866-297-1402 Email: DWallace_KLS@msn.com CORPORATE MEMBER Serving Vernonia since 1970 721 Madison Avenue, Vernonia (503) 429-5018 Marie Krahn Massage Therapy Auto injury recovery/medical billing • Accepting: Medical Benefits Cards • Medical Massage Cupping • Swedish Massage • Reiki • Deep Tissue • Reflexology • doTerra Aroma Touch • Trigger Point Therapy • Myofacial Release 503-429-5180 lic#5495 mariekrahn@frontier.com