Thanks Mark.

I’m still very interested in this and would be motoring down from Kadow’s Marina on the Columbia below Kelly Point.  I’d probably want to leave on Thursday and arrive Cathlamet Friday, spending Thurs. night either at Rainier docks or anchoring somewhere downstream a bit from there.  Summer afternoons get very windy with big waves around Cape Horn upstream from Cathlamet, so it’s best to go thru there in the morning, unless you like waves and are going upstream---then surf away!

I’ll want to plug in and recharge batteries at Cathlamet.  When I was there a couple weeks ago for the NWSS Annual Meet, it looked like they have charging pedestals at the non-guest docks, so I’ll give them a call about that.

Camping at the marina is nice---we camped in our Vanagon there on the dike at one of the tent sites, which was cheap enough and views very nice.  We were initially told there was no availability but when I later called they said that must have been a mistake.  One thing that sucks is that since the harbor has a launch ramp right there, during fishing season you’ll get boats being launched and retrieved very early and late.  Worse, some of these same fisherman camp there out on the dike and back their boat and diesel truck right by your camp with lights blaring at oh-dark-thirty.

Still, overall, it’s a nice spot.  The camper next to us was also in a Vanagon and had been camping there for a month already….seemed pretty laid back.

-Myles