400th Post

This is the 400th post on this blog. That doesn’t count however many we had on the old blog.

Thursday, 11/4

Another quiet rainy day. No pictures. Nothing to report. We got takeout for dinner from Tidal Raves. Seahawk bread to start, of course. Elaine had Red Curry BBQ Shrimp (shrimp with a spicy glaze, coconut risotto cake, and Asian vegetables). I had pan fried Pacific Oysters with fries and house made slaw. Yummy.

Friday, 11/5

Over the years we have been blessed with terrific weather on our vacations from Depoe Bay to Dingle to Europe to Australia to New Zealand to Kenya to the Seychelle Islands to trans-Atlantic cruises to drives all across America and Canada. This trip has been the exception – lots of wind and rain. Still, we had some excellent days and one must make do with the hand one gets dealt. So anyway, today we had a bright sunny day!! We stayed home and enjoyed it from the balcony.

Today, tomorrow, and Sunday are days of the King Tides. King tides occur when the moon is closest to earth. Read about them here. The tides were impressive, but not much different than what we have been seeing during the storms we have been experiencing on a regular basis.

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Saturday, 11/6

Pelting, pouring rain during the night. No walks. Still raining. And cold – 43 degrees. We decided to head to the Surfrider for breakfast. Forecast called for more rain. The Surfrider is a three-minute ride away. When we got there, we had to sit in the car for five minutes until the hail stopped. Hail! Yet, as we ate breakfast, the skies in the distance cleared a bit.

After breakfast we drove to Lincoln City Outlet Mall to visit the Columbia store and a local artist store. Usually empty, the mall was packed. Early Christmas shoppers, I suspect. Elaine bought a couple of things. Then we stopped at Mo’s at Taft Beach. Mo’s is a popular Oregon restaurant chain famous for their chowder. We got a family size clam chowder to go and took it home and had it for lunch.

At home again, we saw the eagles again. Odd year. Only a few whales sighted from the condo. Quite a few seals and/or sea lions. Two eagles. One blue heron. Oh, and one day driving home on the 101 in Lincoln City we passed an antlered deer calmly walking down the sidewalk. Today I got a blurry pick of one of the eagles.

Then we watched the king tides as the sun shined (for awhile). I snapped a lot more pictures. Overall, not a bad day.

It’s 4 pm now. Cocktail hour shortly. It may be inside or outside, deciding on what the weather decides to do. I can see rain and sun depending n which way I look. See you Monday.