Coastal Trip

Well we had a great time on out trip to the Oregon coast. We stayed in a brand new motel, visited every little gallery and gift store in Depoe Bay, went out on a whale watching tour. It was my first time on the ocean in a boat. I really enjoyed it. We visited Nye beach in Newport and of course the Newport Aquarium.

This picture I took of little jellyfish in the Oddwater exhibit at the aquarium is my favorite. The Oddwater exhibit is one of their changing exhibits. Not only did we get to see all kinds of neat ocean creatures all the tanks had lots of lovely handblown glass decor in them! Sadly I didn't get a chance to take pictures of some of it. Not enough time and too many people!

The beach photos are from our walk on Nye Beach. I loved these wind & water sculpted rocks!

And I loved how the wind had sculpted the sand into miniature "sandstone" formations! The wind removed the dry sand leaving all the pillars of damp sand and then carved them too. Not one of the pillars in the last picture are bigger than a foot.

Going On A Road Trip To The Locks

The Sternwheeler/Portage Days at Cascade Locks is this weekend. My hearty helpers and I are going to give it a try and see how it goes. So I will be gone thru Sunday this weekend.

This is one I am trying on a recomendation. I do know this has been going on for at least fifteen years as I have black powder friends that attend. I was also told in Febuary that the motels were already booked for this weekend and that the news reported the event as cancelled due to the weather last year and although it wasn't, there was a very good turnout.

We are leaving tomorrow morning and hope to get there at a reasonable time. We will set up the booth, tables, etc; Get our campsite and then hopefully go surprise our friends!

I look forward to a fun, exciting and long weekend. The show is open from ten am to nine pm on Saturday and ten am to five pm on Sunday.

Just wanted to share some close-ups of the cabs now that they are all "cooked". I really pleased with them.