Adventure 152: Beachside State Park, OR/Post B

Today

Yesterday

The ocean woke up gray and turbulent today. High tide reached its foamy fingers  nearly to the yellow grasses. The ever present wind sprayed constant but intermittent rain, which I know sounds contradictory, but such is the weather on the Oregon coast in late October. Last evening we walked the beach in the glow of an evening sun break. The wind, still strong enough to blow sand, was warm, and the water was cobalt blue as it blended with the sky. Changed, the mood this morning is more like that of a petulant teenager raging against the 'machine'. It's a prelude to the predicted drenching coming in later today. The weatherman predicts up to five inches of rainfall in the next two days. Fortunately, Fric has good wipers because it may be that we'll use them as we journey further down the coast tomorrow. Last night I tried to get a different perspective of the beach. Every shot I took was an extreme closeup. Even the landscape shots I took were with the lens at its maximum. As for us, we're happy campers, thankful for our waterproof aluminum tent, especially when the wind thrusts another of its many sheets of water down upon us. On the cribbage front, I managed three skunks in a row over the Cager, bringing my tally to $317. We've decided that playing for money might not be the best thing for the second place finisher's attitude since she's so far in the hole now we can barely see the crown of her head. We're going to let the stakes ride for this three week journey, but I suspect we'll go back to series play in January. As a parting gift to ourselves, we enjoyed a very nice lunch at the 'Ona Restaurant' in Yachats. We had cream of Chantrelle Soup along with a wild mushroom, goat cheese, and sweet red pepper panini. Good food and the joy of each other makes life good-especially today.


Beachside closeups.

Mrs. Drouin's famous clam bake. Last night's dinner.

 Our shared lunch of wild mushroom panini and cream of chantrelle soup at Ona.