ontheroad- -Word origins

Jetty- Jetty comes from the Old French meaning to throw out. It is the same word root as jettison meaning to throw things overboard to lighten

HARDPACK-This word seems to have begun in 1967 to apply to hard packed snow. Now bikers use the word for hard-backed soil making a more solid trail--and Oregonians that I met yesterday used it to refer to the area of beach sand close to the ocean's edge that is firm because of the water it is holding

SKID ROW
They tell us on the Seattle history tours that a saw mill operator would cut and slide his wood down the the steep road to the Puget Sound. The roadway became known as "skid row" and when that street became a spot for the disenfranchised the people associated that street name of "skid row" for the rund down section of town.