King Tides & The Coaster

There are king tides this weekend, so Dave and I went for a walk to see them. We went down the bech access path just north of us and walked around the point towards Ecola creek. There was not a lot of sand between the water and the point, it was pretty impressive. The creek was completely under water, and there was only a thin strip of sand between the water and the walls in front of the Waves motel. Water had clearly come all the way up to the walls, but we didn’t think much of it and kept going. 

You can see where we had some excitement!

As we were walking past one of the walls a big wave came in and tried to get us wet! We did the thing where you see the wave so you walk a little faster, and then a little faster, until eventually we were flat out running – at which point my hat blew off my head! Fortunately Dave was a little behind me and was able to grab it on the fly. We made it past the wall just in time! I might have done a little shrieking.

We walked up to the nature trail (stopping in to look at Hipnest, the newest home décor shop in the area), and then took the nature trail past the sewer ponds to midtown. We went down to the beach bike access ramp and the water was coming all the way up to the wall there. There were king tides last year when we were here and they were a letdown – these have been very good.

We walked back to the house and when we got there the kids were out and about. I went out to the back lawn and there they were walking by on the beach. Dave came out and we watched the waves for a while – they’re very big and splashy, like surfing waves, throwing up lots of spray. At one point I was watching an older couple who were standing on the beach taking pictures of the shore, with their backs to the waves. They were too far away to yell at but I did keep repeating “don’t turn your back on the waves” as a big wave came in and soaked them up to their knees. They didn’t seem too put out, although it must have been very cold!

We’ve never stayed at a place this close to the beach AND town and it’s super nice cool. We have first dibs on this house for next year and if it’s not being renovated we may very well be here.

Josh and Jen got back and we had some relaxing before lunch at Warren House. Our original plan was to walk there but the tides were too kingly, so we drove instead. The weather continues to be chilly but clear, and it was warm enough on the Warren House deck to eat outside. Josh would like it recorded that while the ribeye sandwich was tasty, if you ordered it without the blue cheese and mushroom add-ons it would just be a piece of meat on a bun.

The tide had gone out enough that Dave and I decided to walk back to the house. J&J drove the car back and then went into town for some more tasting at the distillery. They got a bottle or two and came back to the house to drop it off, then headed back into town for more shopping and also ice cream. This house is just super convenient. Meanwhile Dave did some napping while I got caught up on writing and did some knitting.

Dave and I each made one more trip into town, him for batteries and me for a short #6 circular needle. We were both successful (Dave also found Tillamook mudslide ice cream sandwiches) and continued on with our relaxing afternoon. We all went outside to celebrate sunset with our 3^rd consecutive green flash, a record which I can’t imagine will ever be beaten.

Dinner was at Bistro, very tasty as always. The timing was about perfect for us to get to the Coaster for Miracle on 34^th Street, which none of us had ever seen. The production was true Coaster and we all enjoyed it – well, maybe not Josh, but he kept his thoughts to himself. They seem to have had trouble getting enough adults to commit, so about a third of the cast were middle and elementary school students. This was particularly fun in the card game scene (“She hadda go back”) where all 3 of Fred’s card playing buddies were kids wearing large fake moustaches. Cameron Lira, our favorite leading lady, doesn’t seem to be doing Coaster productions anymore. We were nervous because the show’s lead actress, Emily Dante, was Dorothy in the Coaster’s 2017 version of Wizard of Oz that was absolutely terrible, but she has gotten much better and was fun to watch.

It's only two blocks from the Coaster to the house, so we were home moments after the show ended. After a short duolingo break (Dave and I are both trying to get into the diamond league finals) we watched the Garfield Thanksgiving special and then it was bedtime.