Beautiful clear night with great stars followed by a sunny cloudless morning. The highs here are in the upper sixties. What’s new in Depoe Bay? Not so much. The derelict house straight out of Deliverance is gone – torn down and now an empty lot right on the ocean. There’s a new fish market / fish and chips shop in town. We’ll have to give it a try. There is lots more kelp than usual in the ocean. You know what that means, right? No? Neither do we. We have theorized it’s related to Trump, Putin, Chinese weather balloons, climate change, sea level rise, or possibly fracking. There are LOTS of whales about. We’ve seen dozens from the balcony already.
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Took a walk this morning. Odd snaps from along the way: Included are a selfie with the Gracie’s Sea Hag statue (I’m on the left) and Bigfoot’s “something new is coming” sign. It’s been coming since before the pandemic. Don’t hold your breath. The whale only spouts in five minute spurts every half hour or so. It was spouting as I went by. Pretty underwhelming spout. As you can see in the picture, downtown Depoe Bay is very quiet at 7 AM. Even the seals under the bridge are sleeping. By the way, Gracie of the Sea Hag has sadly passed on, but the restaurant remains. We have breakfast there sometimes although it seems to open early only when it feels like it.
Today we drove into Newport and had lunch at Local Oceans. Seafood at its finest near Newport Harbor with the Yaquina Bay Bridge in the background. We shared halibut ceviche as an appetizer. I remembered to take a picture after we had started on it. I forgot pictures of the main dishes entirely. Too hungry and too anxious to eat, I guess. I had my favorite – the Rockfish Italiano. The description sounds a little weird, but it is delicious. Elaine had the Rockfish BLTA sandwich. Elaine had a local IPA while I sipped on an amber ale.
Then it was home for a quiet afternoon reading and napping. The weather god decided we didn’t need more sun for cocktails as it clouded up and became foggy. Cocktails went on as scheduled. Dinner was just snacks at home as we were still full from lunch. And, as we sipped our cocktails, the fog dissipated and slowly the clouds broke up, and the sun shone (shined?) again. Another lovely sunset.
Bye for now.
What fabulous pictures and how do you always find these incredible restaurants. Have a fabulous trip – love to you both😍😍
Glad to see you have settled in and are enjoying the ocean view and your surroundings. As usual the seafood always looks great. Hope good weather continues for you.
Thanks, Cindy’
So delightful. Is the complex pretty busy this time of year? We had some rain last night, lots of wind, seems like flooding out near Payson. The amber ale looks great!
Condo is packed.
I love your walk-about pictures. Are you sure it’s you on the left? Hard to tell! Yup, that whale spout is underwhelming, but cute.
Lunch sounded delish, especially Elaine’s choice.
And another great sunset.
As always, the food looks fantastic! The beer looks good, too! Enjoy…