September 19 - 30, 2012
We left Pacific City on the 19th and move to
Whaler’s Rest in Newport, OR. It was a
short drive, the easiest of our trip. We
got here and I told the ranger that we wanted a spot with sun. She was very nice and directed me to the best
spots that you can get satellite. With those
spots you don’t have trees around.
We found a spot that was open, and on a clear day, and a
little imagination, you can see the ocean.
There are trees on one side and open on the other side. We can sit in the trailer and see the sun
come up. So far no rain, and only two or
three overcast days. Most afternoons are
in the 70s, which is perfect for me.
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| Animals in action - Walking to our campsite |
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| A tipical breakfast at the Nelson's |
Newport has two areas that we have walked a couple of times,
the Historic Bayfront area and Nye Beach area.
There are a lot of other areas also in town, and we have seen most of them. I will try to remember most of them, but no
promises. I’m glad that the pictures
have dates on them or we would forget when we see things, and where we have
been.
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| Vonna took a bite before the picture |
Wednesday we set up camp, met the next door neighbors, and
relaxed. Thursday is a busy day here at
Whaler’s Rest. First thing in the
morning, or 10 am for old people, we had the Cinnamon Roll Social. They are very large and very good, but we
only had one. A little later in the day,
at 2:00, we had an Ice Cream Social.
They have this on Thursday and Saturday.
We had a chocolate sundae. Then
at 4 or 5 they had a free dinner to listen to a lady give a financial sales speech. No hard sales. Anyway, it was a busy day.
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| Great Dinner |
On Friday we met Annie and Ervin in Depoe Bay. This is a small town north of Newport. Annie and Ervin came to Lincoln City for a
couple of days with some friends. They
fished on Thursday – I was a little upset that I missed it. I wanted to go, but the boat was over 2 hours
away and I couldn’t see driving that
far. Anyway, we were going to meet at
about 4, so Vonna and I went early so we could walk the streets, go in the
shops, and drink coffee. I will let you
know that we didn’t both do everything, and I will leave it to your imagination
which of us walked all the shops and which drank coffee and watched the ocean. |
| We will miss you both. |
At about 4 Annie and Erv found us on the street and we
decided to try another place for dinner.
The name of it was Tidal Raves Seafood Grill. A lady in one of the shops told Vonna about
it. The view was excellent, the food was
great, and the company was the best. We talked,
Annie told us about their fishing trip, and Vonna looked up just in time to see
a whale outside in the bay. It was a
perfect place to go.
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| End of the day at Depoe Bay |
We left there and stopped to watch the sunset. It was a perfect end to a perfect day with
friends that we don’t get to see very often.
We told them good-by, and that we would stop at their home the next time
we get to Oregon. We are looking forward
to it.
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| Some things are made for Husbands |
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| Eating McD's in truck at Nye Beach |
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| Down at Nye Beach |
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| Chapel on Sunday - They have been leading for 12 years. |
On Sunday they have a Chapel here. Every Sunday they have it, and it is by the
same people. When the north clubhouse
was built they dedicated one of the lower rooms to be the Chapel and it is used
for that purpose, not a place that is move every week. The couple that do the service have been
doing it for 12 years and live in the next town south of here. We really enjoyed the service.
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| Nice new bike |
After the service we drove to Newport and drove around the
bay and other places of interest. We
found Georgie’s Restaurant and had a nice dinner. It
was overlooking the ocean and the food was
good. A nice ending to a perfect day
with the two of us at the ocean.
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| Yaquina Head Lighthouse |
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| Yaquina Head Lighthouse Visitor's Center |
As I go on from here my days get a little mixed up. We spend a day going to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. This is a federal location, still a working
lighthouse, and they have a great center that tells all about the lighthouse
and the history. We read all of the
stuff, watched a movie, and looked through the gift shop. Even did some of the interactive stuff that
is for the kids. We then drove to the
lighthouse, walked around it, looked at the ocean and tide pools from above
them. They have a walk up to the top of
the lighthouse, but we decided not to try it.
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| She beat me back to the truck |
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| Otter Crest State Park |
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| There is a whale somewhere! |
On another trip we went back to Depoe Bay to look around,
and
have some coffee. On the way back we
made a couple of stops, on at the Seal Rock.
This was a beautiful place to see some new view that we hadn't seen
before. There were a group of people
looking into the ocean for whales, and a couple of them were seeing
whales. I wasn't sure if I was seeing
them or not. They were out some distance.
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| Help!!!! |
On our way into town we will go to Wal-Mart or Fred Meyer to
get groceries. Surprising how much
groceries two of us can go through. We find
other things too, a movie to watch or a new game to play. Sometimes stickers for Vonna to do her
crafts, or just a look around to see if there is anything new.
Newport has a very nice Aquarium. We spend a lot of time looking at everything,
Vonna even went into the Bird aviary. We
looked at the sharks swimming over us, and beneath us. All of the seals and otter’s, and what the
different types look like. Different types
of jelly fish, how the tides change and how it affects the ocean floor and the
tide pools. It was a great time. We even went in the kids’ location and looked
at all of the different things in there.
They had a gift shop and I told Vonna to spend all the time she wanted
to in there. I didn’t get to drink my
coffee before she was out and ready for a cup herself. There was a lot in the gift shop, but she
enjoyed the Aquarium more than the gift shop.
We also stopped at some antique shops and they were
large. We looked through them, but didn’t
find anything that we couldn’t live without.
There are two lighthouses in the Newport area. The on is the Yaquina Lighthouse and is part
of an Oregon State Park. The other is
the one I talked about, the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. The Yaquina Lighthouse is at near the entrance
to the Yaquina Bay. It was in operation
for about 3 ½ years. It was no help to
the boats and so the other Yaquina Head Lighthouse was built.  |
| Yaquina Lighthouse |
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| Notice the Fog? |
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| I found the gift shop!!! |
We stopped to look at the Yaquina Lighthouse and we were not
sure that we were going to walk the stairs up to it. Then we saw that there was only a few stairs
and the rest was a walkway. We were glad
we went there. It was the only
lighthouse that we were able to go inside of the house, watch a movie, and see
all of the rooms and what they were for, and it even had a gift shop. We were both glad we stopped and climbed the
stairs. The day was strange, the fog sat
just off the shore, and the lighthouse was in the sun. It was a small home, with the lighthouse on
top of it. The family that lived there
for the 3 years had 7 children, the youngest born in the house. A lot of history. |
| Coffee anyone? |
We spend some time south of Whaler’s Rest in a town called
Seal Rock and Waldport. Waldport had a
couple of nice shops, antique shops, and small restaurant that we ate lunch
in. Nothing to write home about. Seal Rock had a couple of nice shops, a couple
of wood crafters shops and a glass
blowing shop. We really enjoyed the shops, talked to the
people, and felt at home. One lady had a
long haired Chaiwawwa and it sat in the shop and didn’t bark. It was not related to Chloe.
We spend a couple of afternoons at the Historic Bayfront
area. They had a lot of shops, and a lot
of things different from other shops that we have seen. I looked in most of the shops, but not taking
as long as Vonna in each one. We never
buy a lot, but we can spend days looking at these type places. A lot pictures, crafts, one store that had
only items made in Oregon, all different things. We even found a coffee shop with sitting on
the bay to watch and listen to the seals.
Over all, Whaler’s Rest has been my favorite place. We loved Florence, but the campground was not
as nice. We liked Pacific Citya, even
parts of the campground was nice and it was great going to the ocean. But the people here have been extra special,
the staff is very nice, seeing the sun come up from the trailer is an added
plus.
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| I was trying to get the sunset out the window of the trailer |
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| Sitting accross from out trailer at the campsite. Perfect view. |
We will leave here this Thursday, before the Cinnamon Roll
Social. We are looking forward to seeing
Tammy and getting home, but we will miss Oregon and the friends that we have
met. People are getting ready to head
south for the winter. We have met a lot
of full timers, and a lot of people that are on the road for a week or
two. It has been a good experience for Vonna
and I to talk to people at the Socials and get some ideas of what to do next,
where to go next, and how to do it. We are
looking forward to heading South. I will
let you know how we do on the way home, and how it is at Half Moon Bay.
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| Looking good!! |
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