Depoe Bay

It was an uneventful day at work yesterday on one of our short days. That's good news I guess. We were home shortly after noon and I placed a call to Mercy, the General Manager at Happy Jack Lodge to discuss some of the details of the situation with Chi Chi and Jamie. It seems that they were involved in some questionable transactions at the lodge and were dismissed for that and also for not performing some of the requested duties that were asked of them. Josie and I don't want to get involved in the activities there since we do want to maintain our friendship with all of those involved. It is sad for us to see these problems develop with good friends. Mercy did ask us if we would be interested in coming back and working at their storage facility that is located in Cottonwood. That was an option that we considered after we left the Lodge but decided it would be too boring for us and also would not provide necessary campground experience for our future jobs. Anyway, we will stay in touch.

Since the rain stopped and the winds weren't too bad, we decided to drive to Depoe Bay, a small town down the coast about 6 miles from us. It is the whale watching capital of Oregon and they have boat excursions for $16 per person for 2 hours each that are run every day. We had driven through it on our trips to Newport to go to Walmart and always thought it was a neat town. The main street is fairly short but is lined with nice shops on the one side, and the ocean on the other. I took a few pictures while there. This first one is of the street with all the shops:

Directly across the street is the sidewalk lining the shore which is totally lava rock at this location and very different from other areas that make the Oregon Coast so unique:

And of course, there are seagulls everywhere you go on the coast and they let you get close enough to almost touch them:

We spent about 2 hours there and bought a couple small bags of salt water taffy - what else do you buy at the shore? Most of the shops carried the same kind of touristy stuff so we didn't waste any money buying anything else. There were some interesting specialty shops though that sold art and unique items for this area that we will probably revisit sometime in the future.

Our final work day of the week, and a short one at that is today. Josie goes in at 8 AM and I go in at 10:30 to relieve her and work until 1 PM. At this time, we have no plans for the afternoon but if it warms up and the sun comes out we will probably head out to someplace nearby. Stay tuned...