Day 7 - Winding Down

Today was supposed to be even hotter than yesterday, so I made a plan that would have us mostly out of the house in the late afternoon. Then the fog came…

I had a quiet morning of knitting and tai chi; Dave went for a walk on the beach and did some recorder practice. He found soft sands again, even though there was no storm, so it’s possible that my soft sand theory has been debunked. Pig’n doesn’t do outside service, so we went to Local Scoop to try their breakfast. Oddly, neither Dave’s toast nor his has browns were crispy, but my pancakes were. It was ordinary food, not very well done, so we won’t need to go there again.  After breakfast I made a quick trip into West of the Moon where I got not one but two elephant dresses, with cap sleeves! I’m very excited about them because elephant dresses are my favorite things to wear when it’s hot out. Confidential to BOS, since I know you’ll ask: they are dresses with elephants on them, not dresses that make me look like an elephant. I also got a couple of tops – a most productive outing.

We got back to the house and I did a little more knitting and then had my first nap of the entire vacation. It was very good. After nap we headed over to Nehalem Bay State Park to take stroll on their forest trail. It is both flat and paved, which makes for a very nice outing. It includes a walk through part of the campground, which is something I really enjoy doing, and it goes out past the airstrip and along the bay. The vegetation is very different from Oswald West, even though they are quite close together. Maybe the bay has a moderating effect on the temperatures? While we were hiking along we got a call from Newman’s confirming our dinner reservation, which was good to know.

After hiking we headed home and got ready to go out. When we got to Newman’s it was completely foggy, and the sun was quite red – it looks like smoke, but seems not to be. The dinner was very tasty, especially the appetizers. It was a good dinner ending to our vacation. Then home to a last fire and relaxing evening.

We had no idea what things would be like this week, so expectations were low. They were surpassed in every way – a wonderful vacation indeed! Thanks for riding along.