We got here to Lincoln City, Oregon Monday evening about 5:30 or so after spending a wonderful afternoon lunchtime with my friends, Lydia and Matt in Portland. We got to their house around 12:30pm or so and then went straight to lunch at this EXCELLENT latin american food place called Por Que No. It was absolutely delicious! After lunch, Lyd and Matt took us to a frozen yogurt place called Swirl. This is a special place because here's what you do: put any frozen yogurt into a cup, add toppings, then pay by the ounce. You can have as little or as much as you want. It was such a unique experience and so tasty! After dessert, we went back to their cute, little 3 bedroom, 1 bath house. They're expecting in September, so the baby nursery is immediately to your left when you walk in the door and connected to the nursery is little hidden room that they've turned into a guest room. I loved that hidden nook of a room! We sat and visited with them for a bit before heading out toward Lincoln City at 3:30.
We got to our hotel and it was such a nice, cozy room. It has a small living area with a hideaway bed/couch, a "fireplace" heater and the window looks right out on the beach. There's no A/C but none is really needed since the high temp each day was a cool 60-65 degrees at the very highest. We just open our windows and let the cool ocean breezes blow through--of course, it gets kinda chilly in the evening, so we light the fire heater with the window open and it's a great combination. The bedroom is right next to the door when you walk into the room so it's kinda far away from the open window in the living room. I got kinda warm during the night but all I had to do was stick out one leg out of the covers and I cooled right down.
Today we started the day out with the continental breakfast and then headed on our way to Yaquina Head Lighthouse, about 25 miles out away from Lincoln City, in Newport. It was a beautifully scenic drive, meaning, we stopped a few times along the side of the road to take coastal pictures. The lighthouse seemed kinda small even from far away as we were approaching it. It didn't look nearly as monstrous as the lighthouses there in the Southeast. This is because the lighthouses have to be a certain level above sea level and since the lighthouses on the southeastern coast are at sea level, they have to be that much taller. The ones here in Oregon are already built above sea level so they only have to be about 193 feet (or about 114 steps). We climbed to the top and I was like, "That wasn't so bad...We're already done?" Who'da thunk I'd ever say that after climbing the stairs in a lighthouse??? HA! Anyway, I bought a tshirt and hat combo thing before we had even seen the lighthouse and climbed it and I immediately felt remorseful. The shirt and had said, "I survived the climb at Yaquina Head Lighthouse." Yeah, I more than survived it. I could probably do a couple more times before I got exhausted from it. Oh well, I guess the shirt and hat could be a joke. ;)
Before the lighthouse, we walked down into the tide pools to look at the various wildlife that exists in the shallow waters when the tide goes out. We saw mussels galore, hermit crab things, a small crab and one starfish!! However, we couldn't stay down there much longer because the smell was a little strong of yesterdays fish. Ick. We had a great time though.
We left Yaquina (pronounced Yuh-quinn-uh, just in case you had been wondering since I first typed it) and went into the town of Newport for lunch at a place called Local Ocean Seafood. MMMMMMMMM...We both had a crab po'boy and a cup of sweet and sour crab soup. Yum-O! The best sandwich I have ever tasted. I wanted to keep tasting it over and over again. You'll be proud of us though, the sandwiches came with a side of fries...We each ate only 3 fries and then pushed the rest away and didn't eat anymore. We were done. We left and walked down the drag of nic-nac stores full of mugs, tshirts and kites. We bought a big Oregon mug and called it a day from Newport. We came back to the hotel and decided our next move. Ate dinner at a place called Mo's, which EVERYONE and their brother had been recommending to us. "You gotta go to Mo's...We love that place...yadda yadda yadda"....Well, we went. Not that great. The food was bland and the restaurant was crowded and loud. We had to sit right next to another family, right up close to them to point of we could've had a conversation with them. We probably should've but it was awkward. Anyway, we didn't really enjoy it all that much. :/
That's about it for today's and yesterday's adventures. It's a beautiful place here but here's the good part...you wanna know what the temperature is right now? In August? 55 flippin' degrees!!!!! Whoa..
Alrighty, good night ya'll.
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