Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Ocean Shores

I went to the Ocean shores once a year for the past three years. The picture above was taken in 2004 when I went to the shore with four of my close friends. We all met at Edmonds and hauled our stuff into my friend’s car. Pal-do or Boohan markets on highway 99 are the known Korean market in the northern part of Washington. We had to stop there to buy Korean chips and drinks for our long drive to Ocean shore. It took us almost four hours to there. We stayed at a hotel that had a casino. We had dinner at the hotel restaurant and went to the beach to feel the sand between our toes and to take pictures.

In 2005, when my boyfriend first visited America from Korea, we went to Ocean shores with my church friends. We went to Boohan, the Korean market in Edmonds and bought Korean food; we were going to have pork belly BBQ party. We bought over ten packs of pork belly, lettuce, sesame leaf, garlic, red bean paste, sesame oil, rice, and drinks. We also bought raw oysters on our way to the cabin at a local market near Ocean shore. The boys got the grill working and we had the oysters on the grill. I enjoyed opening the oyster with a sharp knife, but I didn’t like the taste of the oyster. We rented a house/cabin that was not near the beach. It had Jacuzzi and a fire place. The kitchen had everything we need for that night. For dinner, we had ‘sam-gyup-sal’ or the pork belly BBQ. We went to the casino after dinner. It was a first time experience for my boyfriend. Korea doesn’t have casinos. It is actually illegal. He was awed by the whole experience. He was scared to try out some of the games that were available. Everything turned out really good! It was great to be around fun people. We had so much fun!



In 2006, it was a memorable trip to the shores. I went with three of my best friends and their boyfriends. It was our first trip and our last together before they got married. We stayed at a beautiful cabin that was at the beach. Total of four couples went on this trip to the shores. We divided the things amongst ourselves and carpooled to Ocean shores. When we got there, we went to the cabin and unloaded all the stuff and went to the beach. We rented the mopeds, one for each couple. It was my first time ever being on one. It was really scary at first, but it turned out to be fun. We had coffee at a small coffee shop that was attached to a gift shop. We went bowling afterward at the one and only bowling alley in Ocean shore. We came back to the cabin and World had pork belly BBQ that night at the cabin. Delicious!

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