Catching up on a week in Lincoln City: Time with an "Old" Friend, Geocaching, Corgis on the Beach, Day Trip South....

Wednesday, August 21, we met a long-time friend for lunch at Kyllo's, at D River (a 120 foot river, one of the shortest in the world), completed a geocache, and chatted a great deal about this and that! The geocache took too much time (that is to say, Lindy could NOT find it!)! Lindy and Audrey walked down to the cache, following directions on Lindy's phone...and walked into the area from the back--big mistake! Lindy finally called Mike who seems to find caches quickly. She drove down, walked around the back where Lindy met her (mistake! Don't listen to Lindy!)....still no luck! Finally a gal came out---Lindy told her what we were doing, and she directed us around to the front!!!!  We should have been there all along! The cache was found! We had a great time!

Thursday morning early we loaded the dogs in the car along with their beloved balls for a trip to a beach. We drove up to D River State Park with easy beach access, and with an Earth Cache--also a kind of geocacche. The dogs loved it! Bitty, the 12 year old (Yep! We've had her now for two years!) acted like she was 6!

She loved to track the ball "up high" and she even jumps a little in the process of trying to get it! Rupert would prefer that Bitty disappear--run into the ocean or something....! He runs ahead trying to stop/grab his ball like the soccer goalie he is! Below he is "brain boring" the ball: to get Mike to kick it so he can run after it--while that silly Bitty is busy with her ball so she won't bother him!

Earth caches are just that--sharing a bit of history about our earth. This one was about the D River. Click on the link for a bit of history re: this, and a 5th Grade Class in Montana that caused some problems...(those 5th grade teachers! They just cause problems.....! Oh, and did we say that Lindy taught 5th Grade for 17 years???!)

We did learn how to report the area we are in if an emergency occurs, to let authorities know where we are. Here is Lindy responding to one of the questions on this Earth Cache. The D River is in the immediate background, with the Pacific beyond. Rupert has to check out the phone, in this case serving as the GPS in locating the cache and sharing information re: the cache through an excellent app for geocaching.

After thirty minutes or so we packed it in. Neither dog would stop voluntarily! They would run and bring back as long as we are willing to throw. Balls were bagged, and we trekked off the beach. We were the first to park, and now were among several people and dogs on the beach, so time to go!

Friday morning we headed out:  another geocache in Boiler Bay, and visits to places south. Geocaching first on the agenda, stopping at Boiler Bay Wayside....nice view, and a good place for spotting whales we were told. No whales spotted, but geocache found! The Oregon Coast has so much to see, it is impossible to see it all! We drove by Cape Foulweather, and it did not disappoint; it was shrouded in fog and we had just come from clear skies with sunshine! We did not go in, as we have been there many times before....and used those memories of past visits.

We did stop at Depoe Bay! Many years we trekked to Beverly Beach State Park with Lindy's Mom; in her Chinook, and Mike and Lindy with their trailer. You see, this area was Lindy's mother's favorite location on the coast, winter or summer! Summers were usually spent at Beverly Beach, with treks to Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, and north to Tillamook. Today we parked facing the ocean and walked down to the Whale Center, overlooking the tiny entrance to Depoe Bay, and to see if we could spot a whale! We did, sort'a! We saw a whale blow--a long ways away! At least we knew it was there! It was still early in the day, so not too many people out and about....Here are some pics:

Entrance to Depoe Bay--Really!

Plaque at Whale Center
"To the Sons and Daughters of Depoe Bay"

Interesting facts....

This Whale Center used to be a gift shop, with tons of sea shells for purchase! Of course that was many years ago....20 or more... Mom's goal was to match a sea shell for every one of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's essays on a shell she found in GIFT FROM THE SEA. Mom succeeded! We learned patience!

As the morning moved towards noon, traffic picked up, so we moved on down the road towards Newport. Mike's dad had read in the Seattle paper about a restaurant in Newport that had excellent breakfasts, featuring Marionberry French Toast. So of course we had to check that out! Now we need to caution you--we are NOT Bob and Jo of  How to Love Where You Are and Eat Where the Locals Eat nor RV-A-GOGO....Bob and Jo carefully identify and "test" good places to eat; and Nancy of RV-A-GOGO cooks marvelously !!!!  We just go, and try, and sometimes we bat 1000, sometimes we strike out! Now Fishtails was hitting 1000!  The Marionberry French Toast was all the Seattle Times article said it was and then some! We enjoyed it for lunch and will return before we depart this area! Lindy got a side of egg, and the clam fritters, since she loves clams....The clam fritters she took home for dinner. The egg she ate along with the french toast!  Deliciousness!!!!

Their summer hours are 7 to 3. There are several delicious breakfast items, along with lunch; but the best, in our humble opinion, is the Marionberry French Toast!

We are participating in celebrating 31 days of Geocaching--so far we have successfully logged a cache for 25 days, and we have passed 100 caches! Gee, it only took us 3 years to do so! After this we'll go back to logging at least one cache where ever we park, with a renewed goal of seeing how many we can get in each state.

Later! We are the Roving Riders...roving around the Northern Oregon Coast!