One thing that’s nice about the Churches (owners of this
delightful place) doing the renting on VRBO is that it’s no longer a Sunday to
Sunday rental – you can rent it for as many days as you like, so Dave and I are
here until Monday. That means that we can do everything we want to do and still
have plenty of time for just sitting and looking at the ocean, or at the inside
of our eyelids, or a combination of both.
I’m still not able to sleep in, so I was up before 7 again
this morning. Tim had finished all the milk and oreos last night during our
game time, so I headed off to the Family Market to get replacements and look at
the beach bike hours, which were not convenient. Then I came back to the house
and got changed for yoga, which I have been enjoying a whole lot this trip. I
wish the yoga at Willamette View wasn’t so weird – the guy who leads it talks
in a very odd, slow, almost sing-songy voice, and the postures are not any that
I’ve ever done anywhere else. Also the classes are not at good times for me. So
I’ve been enjoying the yoga here all the more. After class I did stay to ask
Christen how to keep people from lifting their hips during cobra, and she had
some good ideas about putting the focus on opening the chest and moving the
shoulders back. Also an idea for putting the squishy balls between your
shoulder blades while lying on your back to open the chest some more. All good
things to do in floor stretch class.
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| There was a bun on the lawn at Warren House |
We’d made a plan to meet at Warren House for lunch, so I changed
into street clothes and walked around town for a while. Meanwhile Jen and Tabs
had come in to Sleepy Monk for coffee, and while I was in Dragonfire
contemplating earrings they came in and helped me decide to go for it. They
also agreed that $225 was too much for the cool woven sweater thing, although I
think I probably could have made that decision by myself. At that point it was time to head to Warren House, where we
all had trouble parking in the front, and no trouble at all eating. I do love
the smoked salmon salad. J&T split the nachos and ate valiantly, but made
no appreciable change in the mound of food. Fortunately Tim was still hungry
from the hike yesterday, so he finished off his own sandwich, half of Dave’s, and
the rest of the nachos. That’s the eating we like.
Tim took the expo back to the house while the rest of us
walked around town some more. Dave bought two pairs of shorts, and then we
stopped at the chocolate café for a treat. I was going to have the hot
chocolate, but then they had something called “spoon chocolate” which is
difficult to describe – it’s like a warm bittersweet dark chocolate pudding,
served in a tiny espresso cup with a tiny dot of whipped cream. Dave and I
shared it out on the patio in the warm sunshine and it was as perfect as things
get. Because what I’ve left out so far is that although it was cloudy when I
woke up, it was clearing up when yoga got over at 10:30 and by the time we left
Warren House it was the most beautiful sunny day ever, about 65 degrees, and
just wonderful.
We all ended up back at the house for napping and reading
and relaxing and a little laundry. I am reading the entire Anne of Green Gables
series, which I’ve never read before, and which are perfect for reading at the
beach. I did most of my reading and napping
on the bed in the sun, since it’s still quite cool in the house. The couple of
days while I wasn’t here it rained a lot, and the house had gotten a little
damp feeling, but now it is all dried out and lovely. Dave napped on the deck,
with a blanket. Jen went for a walk on
the beach. It’s nice to have time to relax.
Eventually it was time to stop relaxing and head to Irish
Table for dinner. Parking was crazy, but Dave dropped us off and eventually found
a spot. They take reservations for 4 or more people, and we had 5, so they had
the nice round table in the back waiting for us. We ate lots and lots of food,
highlights being the curried lentil soup, curried mussels, salad with warm goat
cheese, hot biddies and the wonderful shortbread cookies. They’ve changed the
dessert menu to include a lemon custard tart, which is worth getting. As usual the ice cream was tasty but oddly
textured, unlike the buttermilk ice cream at Blackbird and the coriander ice
cream at EVOO, which were both amazingly creamy custard-based bowls of
deliciousness. In addition to hot biddies (or irish coffee variations for
J&T), we also split two bottles of wine. Tim didn’t have anything to drink,
so he drove home.
Early dinner and late low tide meant a walk on the beach
when we got home for everybody except Tim, who hasn’t been down to the beach
even once this trip. There was a beautiful brand new crescent moon, and J&T
and I ended up walking up pretty much in the dark. By the time we got up Dave
had a nice fire going with wood Tim chopped before dinner, so we settled in for
some electronics time.
Since it's our last night together, we had to have an extended game time in which we played Sushi Go! (I won), trouble (I won), Pepper (I won) and Harry Potter Trivia (I won). (We played 2 games of pepper, and in the first one not only did I not win, but I played the card that let Tim win, but that doesn't fit the pattern, so I left it out). My trouble win was the most definitive, because only Tabetha had even one man safe. Then she won second. Tim and Jen had an epic battle for third, which Tim won in a turn of events so dramatic that he felt that he was first winner. This may be the first trouble game Jen hasn't won since she has been playing with us. Dave volunteered to sit out because there are only 4 players, but the competition was so fierce that his role as chief cheerleader (roll a 6, Tim! roll a 6, Jen!) was quite exhausting.
It has been amazingly fun to have these wonderful young people with us. The only way it could have been better would have been for Josh to be here with us, but we are glad he is finally getting to go to Army MOSQ school.
We're hoping for beach bikes tomorrow. Well, some of us are.
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