Well, not quite. Tonight we’re overnighting somewhere along the Hood Canal in Washington State. And, of course, because it’s Washington State and the Olympic Peninsula, it’s been raining.The first rain since we left Victoria three weeks ago.
Yesterday we had a final day of sunshine on the Oregon coast. It was a beautiful, windless day with big swells rolling in from Japan all along the coast. We had a leisurely drive up the coast to Newport and camped at South Beach State Park. It’s a huge park on the south side of the jetty protecting the entrance to the harbour at Newport. The harbour is crossed by one of the many beautiful bridges on coast highway.
South Beach State Park has a number of paved pathways that are bike friendly so I opened up the collapsing bicycle and assembled Eliot’s trailer and we had a lovely time exploring the pathway that runs through the dunes down to the jetty.
We came across two fellows who were suiting up to go SUPing (Standup Paddleboarding). They got quite a kick out of Eliot in his chariot. One fellow is a doctor and asked about Eliot’s elder problems. He noticed and had a good look at Eliot’s cataracts and said that if I have lots of money that there’s surgery that can be done.
Here they are just about to head down to the beach. The tall fellow is the doctor and the other fellow is an ‘artist’ although I never did find out what sort of ‘artist’. A nice way to end your workday. Not sure who the fellow in the middle is. He showed up with his beer and seemed to be filling them in on some local surf gossip. The tall guy’s the doctor.
Earlier in the day we stopped for coffee in Bandon, Oregon. I saw this American flag painting in the café washroom. There was also a sign in the coffee shop that said: “Unruly or noisy children will be taken to the cranberry bog and put to work”. Way better than the espresso and puppy scenario.
Tomorrow the Coho Ferry at 2:00pm and back home in our cozy house by suppertime.
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