Don’t Mess with the Ocean

You saw some of the rough seas.  Just the other day a Chinese couple who recently emigrated to the USA (in June) climbed down a path here is Depoe Bay to be near the water.  A wave swept them into the ocean and they drowned.  Very sad.  Their 10-year-old daughter was with them but had started to climb back up.  She survived.  Story here.  (Sue Urbani saw it on the news in Florida.) Oh, and a hiker on Mount Hood was killed by a cougar.  Story here.  One must be careful in Oregon.

Tuesday was billed as mostly cloudy with lots of showers.  We got one brief shower at about 8:30 AM.  The rest of the day was pure sunshine.  I guess further up the coast (near Tillamook) and inland around Salem and Portland did get quite a bit of rain.  But for us it was beautiful.

Quite day for us.  Separate morning walks as usual.  The shower came just as I got back.  We drove into Newport for brief stops at Walmart and Safeway.  Then we drove down to the harbor area for lunch at our favorite luncheon restaurant – Local Ocean Seafoods.  We split a grilled calamari salad – it is so good!  Then Elaine had fish tacos with the catch of the day (rockfish) while I had my usual Rockfish Italiano sandwich.  The fries here are great too.  Elaine had Pinot Noir.  I had two pints of Pacific Ale.  Ok, ok, I had three – one for dessert.

We had a brief stop to watch the sea lions.  I could watch them all day!  Then it was back home.

Lots of time was spent on the balcony in the afternoon.  Cocktails and cheese and crackers served as dinner after the great lunch.  And the sunset was perfect.

4 thoughts on “Don’t Mess with the Ocean

  1. Joe, tell Elaine that is the biggest fish taco I have ever seen. You could watch the sea lions all day, but Joe, they don’t do much! Beautiful sunset pictures.

  2. OMG 😮 can’t believe this tragedy went overlooked on the news here, so much on the hurricane Florence. I can believe the strength of the waves, I’ve lived through a few hurricanes!!

    Still hot here, so enjoying your pictures of the cool. Is it crowded there, can you tell it’s september and a slower time to visit??

  3. Well, Elaine and Joe, I was just remarking to Wilhelm yesterday what a wild coast Oregon has. And I thought Maine had a wild and rocky coast. But the Atlantic is no match for the Pacific Ocean, which is hardly pacific at all. Glad you are having good weather and gorgeous views. You are right about that sunset, it’s an award winner. Keep on eating that brain food- 🐠 FISH, Fish 🐟 FISH. And P.S. – don’t mess with cougars, either. I ought to know. I am one.

  4. How nice to have two boats named after me !

    Finally some food pictures and the food looks fabulous. Of course you’d have an ale for dessert. Who wouldn’t!

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