Relaxing Wednesday

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

Ten points if you know the source. Answer later on in this post. Anyway, the skies were blue most of the day, but the fog lurked just off shore and came and went. One minute you could see afar and then you couldn’t. Pernicious? Maybe. But the weather was pleasant despite the fog.

We took our separate morning walks, meeting halfway to say hello. Here are the pictures that I took this morning on the walk (with my phone camera, a Google Pixel Pro 7)). The pirate is at the Pirate Coffee Company. We don’t go there. There is another coffee place downtown that we prefer. (Of course, I hate coffee, so I have hot chocolate on my occasional stops.) See the black sand beach and in one picture you can see the rope you can use to ease your way down the steep path. Coming up is way worse. Needless to say, we don’t do it anymore. You’ll see one of the four or five marijuana stores in tiny Depoe Bay. And the new Fish Market / Fish and Chips place – looks unprepossessing, but it looks nice through the window. We’ll try it eventually. And you get another selfie of me with both parts of the statue at Gracie’s Sea Hag.

After our walk we went to the Clarion Surfrider Resort for breakfast. The resort is well past its prime but they do a good breakfast with a great view. We were the first customers today. Views from our table (that’s Forgarty Creek Beach down below). The fog wasn’t bad. On the road just off the beach, it was bright and sunny.

After a little time at home, we ventured out again and went to Forgarty Creek State Park (just under the Surfrider Resort). It was pleasantly foggy. I got a good picture of Captain Seagull and another of a rabbit. I skipped a picture of the dead seal. You can see the breakfast room of the Surfrider overhead in one of the pictures. The fire engine was in the parking lot. We don’t know why. I took the picture for my fire fighter friend Bob from Arlington who should be viewing the blog. I will quiz him later. These pictures are with my Sony RX-100 VII camera.

Then it was the afternoon at home, mostly on the balcony as the fog came and went. The whales, plentiful on Monday but absent yesterday, were back. Lunch and snacks were on the balcony. Naps were involved. The first picture is from the back of the condo. You can see how clear it was. The rest are from the front and you can the fog come and go. The waves were big and the ocean was noisy.

The poem at the beginning is Fog by Carl Sandburg. Which of you knew that? Pat yourself on the back if you did.

As we left for dinner, it magically cleared. No fog. No clouds. Dinner tonight was at Tidal Raves, the excellent seafood restaurant just a short walk (and shorter drive) down the road from the condo. Once we would always walk unless it was raining. Now not so much. Everything was superb.

Good night all!