To celebrate my friend, Teresa Kasner's husband, Dayle's birthday, they drove to the Oregon Coast to spend a week in their caravan and explore the area around Depoe Bay, Oregon, where they parked their caravan. Knowing this, I gave myself permission to Google search for a motel room I could stay in one night and enjoy the area for the better part of two days. I hoped to meet Dayle and Teresa there and go out for a meal with them if they were available. To my delight, they were willing and able to spend even more time with me, and introduced me to parts of the coast I had not yet explored.
My motel room in the Seagull Beach Front Motel faced the beach along the Pacific Ocean in Lincoln City, Oregon, and I loved being so close to the ocean even though it was stormy. I enjoyed reading about how icons are painted from the book, The Mystical Language of Icons, by Solrunn Nes I had brought with me, and I did a little quick pencil sketch of the view from the deck of my room of the stormy gray sea, and I drank heartening hot tea!
When it was dark, I had the fun of stretching out in a recliner in front of a flatscreen fireplace heater which really did produce heat and did not require any tending or cleaning up; and I could still hear the steady crashing of the cold surf outside which made me glad to be cozy and warm inside...even if warmed by an electronic fire!
After checking out of the motel the next day I headed south and had the pleasure of visiting Teresa and Dayle and their adorable Buddy Dog in their cozy RV. Below is a photo of the ocean as we were driving out of the park. Stormy, and magnificent!
Then I followed Teresa and Dayle to a wonderful restaurant by the ocean and after that Teresa hopped into my car and guided me to explore Newport's Yaquina Bay. She showed me so many beautiful sights and coached me how to get some good photos, too.
Teresa expertly took this photo of the Coast Guard Station and then had me stop at just the right spot to get a photo of this magnificent bridge. Isn't it amazing?
On Monday we met at Mo's Restaurant in Taft, Oregon where I took a photo of their menu, not knowing that on Tuesday Teresa would show me the Mo's restaurant in Newport and across the street from it the original Mo's Restaurant where they would open the garage door to serve their famous sea food.
Teresa also took this photo of the harbor seals who gave us a rousing Orking concert and pleasantly reminded me of the harbor seals I got to enjoy for seven years when I lived by the Pacific Ocean in Crescent City, California.
It was too rainy to enjoy sitting on these benches, but thanks to Teresa's and Dayle's guidance I know I want to go back and spend more time there!
I started knitting another bunny with alpaca fiber while I was at the beach and last night I FaceTimed with my son and grandsons, Kenny and Aron and showed them the bunny production progress :)
For the last few days I have been fighting with Blogger trying to get it to let me share these photos with you. I still have not figured out what I did that made it cooperate, but I hope you enjoy the results of my fight and that you are having a happy weekend!
Have you been fighting to share anything lately?
Gracie xx
My motel room in the Seagull Beach Front Motel faced the beach along the Pacific Ocean in Lincoln City, Oregon, and I loved being so close to the ocean even though it was stormy. I enjoyed reading about how icons are painted from the book, The Mystical Language of Icons, by Solrunn Nes I had brought with me, and I did a little quick pencil sketch of the view from the deck of my room of the stormy gray sea, and I drank heartening hot tea!
For the last few days I have been fighting with Blogger trying to get it to let me share these photos with you. I still have not figured out what I did that made it cooperate, but I hope you enjoy the results of my fight and that you are having a happy weekend!
Have you been fighting to share anything lately?
Gracie xx
