A little early morning coastal fog that quickly cleared off. Beautiful all day.
It’s hard to find new stuff to show you from my morning walk as I take the same route every day. But here are some more shots of Depoe Bay along the 101. Nice pink car. The local gas station/convenience store. The pirate at Pirate Coffee Company. The Inlet. The Inn at Arch Rock which looks like a nice place to stay – it’s always “no vacancy”. Mr. Niceguy, the other marijuana dispensary in town (Pete’s competition). Mile marker 127. The road up to Depoe Hills – this wasn’t here when we first came to Depoe Bay. A logging truck – I see one almost every morning. There are paper mills in Kellogg, just inland from Newport. Kellogg is an artsy town and we have visited on past trips. And Bigfoots coffee shop and store – it’s been “coming soon” for five years and has finally arrived.
A little time on the balcony and a view from the bedroom. Why ever get up? And a video of the Pacific.
The Pacific in action here.
Then we headed backed to D River (where the kite festival was yesterday). Today it was all quiet there. We came for lunch at Kylio’s. There was heron or a crane on the short river. (Cranes and herons are often confused due to their similar appearance. The key difference is that cranes fly with their necks outstretched, while herons curve theirs into an S shape. Both birds are captivating, yet they belong to different families and exhibit unique behaviors.) Elaine had chowder and rockfish and chips. I had six oysters on the half shell (small but tasty – no picture) and halibut and chips. Nice lunch. Good beer. (Elaine had Boneyard RPM IPA from Bend, OR; I had Mac & Jacks African Amber from Redmond, WA.)
Next we stopped in the Taft Historic District of Lincoln City. People fish for trout off the beach here. And it must be the driftwood capital of all the world’s beaches.
Then a brief stop at another overlook. Oregon has a beautiful and very accessible coastline.
After that we took a ride to Devil’s Punchbowl State Overlook. The wayside used to be overrun with squirrels. Now it appears there is just one. There are surfers down there on the beach.
Whew. Time for a nap. The late afternoon through happy hour was on the balcony. Beautiful sunshine and sunset. No pictures today though. Dinner was leftovers while watching the final two episodes of Awaken the Dead. We will miss it.
The pictures make it look like a beautiful and perfect time to visit. Hour fish and chips in that area must be best ever!!
Good but not as good as in Dingle!
Love that hole in the rock!
Surprise Disney didn’t build a resort in it. Of course now they have no cash. Karma is king!
There is driftwood, then there is DRIFTWOOD!!!!!! Wow! Beautiful.
We stayed at the Inn at Arch Rock. Very convenient location. Rooms are small, but clean and quaint.
Keep on keepin’ on…….
Again, I love the walk-about pictures as well as the drive-around pictures. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have new stuff to show us — it’s nice to see some of the same stuff again. A reminder of how beautiful the Oregon coast is. And you both look great with a beer in your hands.
We have logging trucks just like the one in your pic that drive right by our house a couple of times a week. And for years we had a great blue heron that flew over our house twice a day, in the morning and again at dusk. Jeff’s dad used to call them a three-flap-shitter because after taking off, they would always poop after three flaps of their wings. I know your readers would want to know that!!
Yes, the world needs to know about three-flap-shitters.
Really enjoyed all your photos today…although I enjoy them everyday. Faves were most of them: pink sunrise, the pirate, coastal pics, nice ones of you both (but will you smile just one time?), earthquake/tsunami story (wow), and overlook! I’m now in a fish & chips kind of mood, although we have more than our healthy share of the stuff during Tiverton season!👍🏻
Maryd
That was a smile 😎
Your pix of the Oregon coastline are phenomenal. You should be the Chamber of Commerce for Depoe Bay!!