More Local Stuff

Once again the weather was unpredictable so we stayed close to home yesterday. We went into town to look for the local Curves center which is a physical fitness center for women. Josie saw some advertised specials for the center so we went to town to try to find it. We found it in a corner of a shopping strip that we hadn't been to before that is near the Safeway shopping center about 5 miles from our campground. The place had closed at 11 AM so we didn't get any information. It's hard to believe that a fitness center would be closed so early on a weekend day.

While we were out, we drove around some residential sections of Lincoln City that we hadn't seen and we were pleasantly surprised at some of the new and beautiful neighborhoods. These were areas that are around the huge lake that is in Lincoln City called Devils Lake. Some of these homes had great views of the lake and were homes in the 2300 - 2500 square foot range for around $350K. Not too bad except if you live in a coastal town you probably would want an ocean view instead of a lake view. Anyway, it is a fresh water option for local residents that is large enough where you could water ski if you wanted.

There were also some areas along the shore that we hadn't seen before and one of them had a beach access that was probably the highest we've seen yet. We took a couple pictures of this access which was a stairway that went to the beach that was probably 300 feet below:

You can barely make out the people in the lower right of the picture above. This was easily the highest and steepest stairway to the beach we have seen. For sure, if you come here to spend some time on the beach, you wouldn't run back to your parked vehicle at the top if you forgot something.

Today is the first of our 2 long days for the week. The campground was nearly full this weekend as a result of the first rally of the season, so most of today will be taken up with check-outs. We will have a full campground again this weekend with the Memorial Day weekend crowd. It's good to see a lot of activity for a change...