Day 6 - Celebrity Sightings

The bridge and stairs up from the beach. It was foggy in the morning, but cleared into a sunny day.

First thing this morning the tide was *very* out, so I ran out to the starfish rock (just to the north, usually surrounded by water) to see if I could get to it and see if there were starfish on it. The answers were no, and who knows, because I forgot to put my contact in or take my glasses.  I did take a picture and in it you can see that there are in fact at least 2 starfish on it. On the way there I also saw a very small bird sitting on a deck chair. I had to run there and back since it was close to time to leave for yoga and I didn’t want to be late for Dave’s first public class. We were in fact not late, and Christen was delighted to see him. Both of us enjoyed class and it was fun to be the one who is there with her husband.

After yoga we came home and Jen and I went for a walk down to Arch Cape. We were able to get all the way across the creek, but as Dave reported yesterday the sands are so low that it’s not really possible to get to the arch without a lot of scrambling over barnacle encrusted rocks. We had flip flops on so that didn’t seem like a very good idea, but we were able to barely see the arch from where we were. On the way down and back I imparted much of my beach wisdom to Jen. She didn’t seem to mind too much. And now she knows what to do if she’s caught in a rip tide – do you?

 

When we go back there was just time for a quick shower before Time to Leave for Bill’s. In the summer the timing of when to go to town is very important – if you get there after 11:45, parking and finding restaurant space becomes iffy. We arrived in good time and got our favorite table. While we were waiting for our food the taffy making man from Bruce’s came in for a beer. Jen suggested I get his autograph, but I didn’t. It was exciting to have a celebrity sighting!  I had the 3 piece halibut fish’n’chips, which our server called the “wee “ fish’n’chips. I mention it here not only because it was the perfect size lunch, but also because I love calling things “wee”.  I also had a glass of the kolsch, which is my new favorite type of beer – kind of a gateway to IPA. Anyway, the wee lunch and wee beer left space to stop at the chocolate café for their sipping chocolate, which is kind of like warm dark chocolate pudding and is the best thing ever. I don’t know why they call it sipping chocolate since you have to eat it with a spoon. It comes in a wee tiny cup and the three of us shared it and got enough.

After that we split up to do some shopping. Jen and I went to Rachelle M’s, a new clothing store, where we liked everything and could afford nothing. Then we went to the bookstore which we love, and now we love it even more because behind the counter was another celebrity, this time from the Coaster! The fabulous Cameron Lira in the flesh! We had to wait there a long time because a man was making her look up an author whose name he couldn’t remember and then when they did find his name they had to look up every book he’d ever written even though she had already told him they didn’t have any of his books. But once she got freed up we were able to get a selfie with her, which was very exciting and apparently something of a new experience for her. She asked if we’d liked the show, and I told her we laughed so hard we had to pee the entire time. She took that as the compliment it was intended to be.

We headed home for some downtime. Dave actually got a nap on the deck. The wind has continued strong and the ocean is full of waves and looks so inviting, but it has gotten much colder since the wind started. Jen also did some very strong napping, which gave her amazing waffle marks from the pillow. I knit and read and wrote and did laundry.

Dinner tonight was Bridge water bistro in Astoria, which is very beautiful and has very good food, especially the crab cheesecake appetizer, which was so good that Jen had it again for dessert.  Dave had a chardonnay from Idaho which was quite serviceable – who knew there was wine in Idaho? The restaurant sits almost under the big bridge, and we enjoyed watching the ships go by and especially enjoyed that they did not have a large garage-door opening in the wall so we weren’t freezing. Our server’s name was Tiffany, which seemed not to fit her at all. She was very funny and took good care of us. Now we have 3 places we like to eat in Astoria, but don’t want to go there 3 times. We’ll figure it out.

We got done with dinner about 20 minutes before sunset, but we (mostly I) were too stuffed to sit in the restaurant anymore. So we drove home during sunset and got home a little after.  Now we are happily digesting to the sound of the waves.