Dinner with the Wilburys

Dave and I slept exceptionally well with the windows open and the sound of the ocean. Sleeping is one of my favorite things about BLH – it’s just one of the best places to do it. When we woke up- 8:30 for me, 9:30 for Dave – it was raining, so we had a slow morning until it was time to go to Bill’s for lunch. If we’d remembered pizza a’fetta we probably would have gone there, but we didn't, so we didn't. Thanks to Tim’s scruffy facial hair we were able to eat on the adult side of Bill’s, which means you don’t have to worry about getting a table and also frees up a table on the minors side – as Archibald Asparagus would say, good has been done here. Dave and Tim had burgers; I had the hummus plate which had many veggies but needed salt. They are not pouring the 2x4 but had a coffee stout which Dave really liked. I forgot to take a picture of Tim sitting in the grown up side of Bill’s, so maybe it didn't happen.

After lunch we picked up milk and tea at Mariner Market and then headed home. Dave and Tim took naps while I did the bars for Organ Grinder, the last song of the dreamwalker routine. Then I practiced teaching through the whole routine while Dave gave Java programming class to Tim. Now I have 3 whole Nia routines that I can teach, hooray! I just need to find people to teach them to.  Once Tim and Dave were done with programming class and I was done with Nia it was sort of clearing up so we all went down to the beach. Tim relearned how to skim board (he has to relearn it every year) while Dave walked to the carriage road. I went south down the beach to see the rock down there, and it had a couple starfish on it, which was exciting, although some of them did not look well. One of them had a ray that had detached and walked off, which apparently is a symptom of the disease. After I had checked out the starfish I walked up towards Hug Point. The water felt warmer than it did yesterday, so I waded out to mid-thigh and had a fun time. The further-out mushroom rock is also buried mostly up to its cap and has no starfish.

When I got back to our beach Dave and Tim were playing catch, but it was about time for us all to head up and get ready for dinner. So we did. It’s really nice to have two showers, although we did it in series, so we still don’t know whether you can take showers at the same time. We’d made reservations at Castaways at 8, but they called about 7:15 to say our table was ready. Josh, Jen, and Tabetha (the Wilburys) arrived a few minutes after they called, and we headed out.

Castaway’s Restaurant and Tiki Bar is probably our favorite restaurant in Cannon Beach – great food and drinks in a fun atmosphere. We set out to try every drink on the menu and didn't do too bad a job. Josh had the maker’s sour and dark ‘n’ stormy, which are ok. Tabetha had the strawberry mint mojito and heaven in a glass, both very good. Jen had the strawberry lemonade and Oregon berry cooler, also both good. Dave had a hurricane and a midtown muddle – I liked the muddle better. I had the zombie which I totally did not like (Dave finished it) and the attitude adjustment which was my favorite. The tuna appetizer had been taken off the menu, which was sad, but they had a hamachi sashimi appetizer on special which was really, really good. Tim had the special, Mediterranean mac & cheese, which is worth a mention here. The rest of us ordered off the menu and ate with great enjoyment – the food is really good there. We split two brownie sundaes – one with vanilla ice cream and one with coconut – and even though everyone said they were too full to eat more than a bite both disappeared very quickly. Our server remembered us from one of our previous visits and was very good, and we were the last ones out. The chef/owner took a photo of us.

When we got back to the house Dave and Tim made a fire while I worked on the blog and the Wilburys went down to the beach. Then it was time to play some pepper. Faithful readers will recall that pepper is the game that I do not win, and with 6 people I figured there would be plenty of winning not to do. But then I won not just once but twice, and the second time I won it was the very long game that went on forever and then, did I mention, I won it! The first time I had to do the dance of joy for an extended period, but the second time we were all just grateful that the game was finally over.

Here’s what the take away is from today: it is worth having children, because then they grow up and bring friends and spouses to go to dinner and play pepper.