Farmers Market and Seal Rocks

It was late morning by the time we got started after breakfast yesterday. We had a flyer that we picked up at the Aquarium on Friday that advertised a Farmers Market in downtown Newport that was open every Saturday between May and October. It only had the start time of 9 AM and didn't have any ending time. These normally run all day until about 3 or 4 PM - usually. With our later than normal start, we arrived at the Farmers Market at 1 PM - just in time to see the beginning of the tear-down for the booths. Who would have thought that with only 1 day a week of marketing time they would only remain open for 4 hours? We rushed through the market, took the following picture and left at about 1:30 as the other booths were taking down their tents:

There was very little in the way of vegetables and goods from the farms and was mostly a crafts market. From the little bit we saw, it was a disappointing Farmers market. Maybe it gets better later in the season - we'll see.

Since our visit to the market ended early, we decided to drive down the coast a little bit to an area called Seal Rocks State Park, which was about 10 Miles south of Newport. It was another area of very unusual shoreline and although we didn't see any seals, we saw plenty of birds and beautiful shoreline. Following are some pictures of the area:



The area above shows a tide pool area that is also a major attraction for this area. We were here at low tide and didn't go down the long and steep path to the beach. There was an unbelievable beach just to the north of this Park, as you can see in the shot below:

Some of the beaches we've seen are the biggest we've ever seen anywhere. I'm sure that the beach shrinks tremendously during high tide, as they are very flat. The last shot is of trees that are along Highway 101 and Josie always remarks how they are all growing in the same direction as a result of the constant on-shore winds:

We really enjoyed our 2 days off this week, thanks to the nice weather. It's back to work today and there is a special breakfast this morning between 8 and 10 AM for Mothers Day. This is the first time in 24 years that Josie hasn't spent the Mothers Day weekend working awful hours in a flower shop. It's too bad she has to work at all, but it is very different.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!