Pacific City and Lincoln City, Oregon
Saturday before the rain set in we drove to Pacific City, the closest town to the park. There is not a lot there, a few restaurants, motels and condo's. We stopped by the beach to get a picture of Haystack Rock and to our surprise, there were quite a few people there. We later found out that they were having the dory (fishing boat) blessing later in the day.
Today, Monday, we drove to Lincoln City to check it out. A larger town south of us that has fuel, groceries and even a outlet center! After driving through town, we stopped at a nice family restaurant, Hillside Restaurant, for lunch. Pretty good food. After lunch we went to the Tanger Outlet Center where I purchased some new shoes. I had two pair that I've been wanting to replace and finally did it today. I love the Easy Spirit shoes but only buy them at outlets because of their price. Today I got two pair with the second pair being 50% off and they were on sale already.
I heard there was a casino in town so off we went in search and of course, we found it. I came out $15.00 ahead but Dean really surprised me - he lost $13.00! He usually doesn't spend more than $5.00. He makes me laugh when he says casino - he pronounces it ca -SIN - o. Guess he has a point.
After playing for a couple of hours, we left (while I was still ahead) and did some shopping at the Safeway then came home to watch the sunset over the Pacific. It's nine o'clock as I'm typing this and the sun is still visible. It doesn't get dark until around 9:45 p.m. here. The days are long as it begins getting light around 4:30 a.m.
For pictures of Pacific City coast and Lincoln City coast go this like and then click on the file for each:
http://picasaweb.google.com/SchultzTravelPhotos
Till next time.....
posted by Janice and Dean @ 10:42 PM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
Hi Janice,
I'm enjoying your photos. Someday we'll be moving along and I'd like to photograph some of those covered bridges. Very nice.
That bunny is too cute! Loved the seagull too.
Suze
Hi Janice and Dean;
Glad to see you stopped at Lincoln City. That is the kite capital of the US!! My son-in-law is a "kite guy" and they always get a condo on the beach during the kite festival, so they can fly all their kites and visit with other kite people. (Almost like the RV community - a kite community). Am enjoying your blog. We are still here at the farm until next Wednesday, then headed to Greeley, CO for a 3 week "job". Look forward to seeing you again somewhere on the road.
Hey Jan,
I saw a neat kite shop there, as we drove through and I said I wanted a kite - Dean said "kites are for kids" - waaaaa. I didn't get one. It's OK since we'll be leaving the coast soon. Hope to see you and Wes again this year.
And aren't we in our second childhood?! I sure am!! Next time we meet, we will fly kites! I forgot them last year, but I already have them packed up in the fifth wheel.
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