Saturday – Hot?

In all our spring and fall visits to Depoe Bay, the temperature rarely gets as high as 70º. It’s usually in the mid 60’s. But sitting on the balcony at 65º facing west into the afternoon sun shining on the ocean sometimes feels hot. Today was an anomaly. The Depoe Bay temperature reached 82º It was definitely HOT sitting in the bight sunshine.

Saturday is Farmer’s Market Day in Newport, so we were off early after our walks to visit. This is a real farmer’s market with actually farms displaying their product. Of course, there are also lots of other vendors too selling stuff. And there is an excellent artisan baker. We bought a delicious sourdough boule and some mouth-watering oatmeal cranberry cookies from the baker. And we bought lettuce, tomatoes, sweet corn, cucumbers, raspberries, strawberries, and peaches from the farmers. Finally we picked up some hot salsa from a vendor who we met last year. He introduced us to Juanita’s tortilla chips which ae made in Hood River, OR. They are the best! And, interestingly enough, you can buy them in the grocery stores in Scottsdale too.

On the way home we stopped buy the beautiful Yaquina Bay Outstanding Natural Area (that’s the real name!) run by the US Bureau of Land Management. It’s the home of Yaquina Head lighthouse.

Then it was a quiet afternoon at home and a hot cocktail hour on the balcony. Dinner was home cooked ‘shake and bake’ chicken with Caesar salad and fresh sweet corn. Great sunset and a pretty moon outside. After a couple of episodes of Silent Witness, we were off to bed.