Wow, I can't believe I missed this, Thanks for the PM Chris. Hi, I'm in the Mountains near Cashmere, close to the Columbia River, Lake Chelan, Lake Wenatchee (dodging wildfires) and used to live in Grays Harbor-too weird, so Hi locals saw one in Wenatchee, Hoquiam and Montesano)
I'm late here, but this sounds really neat. Westport can be an awesome, I have had a place there for the past 20 years, usually cold and rainy, but I love it! Eastside now late in the evenings the winds blow warm, the water is warmer. There's good wildlife viewing, Muleys, Bighorn sheep.
The "behind the scenes" look behind the Aquarium sounds just fascinating, I hope something or more than one somethings can be arranged. I'm in.