A Cold Day in Newport, Oregon, Wednesday, July 21, 2010
We had a great night’s sleep last night. The fog rolled in from the ocean and we were snug as a bug in a rug. This morning the fog was still over the ocean and the temperatures are cool (52 degrees). We had a good breakfast and decided to take the city shuttle into the Nye Beach area. This is the historic area of Newport Oregon and has many quaint buildings that reminded us of the history of the area. The area was named for John Nye who claimed a 160 acre parcel in 1866. Many of the original buildings are still standing and are now gift and art shops.
We spent the morning looking around the area. The wind is blowing and the weather is very cool and damp. We stopped at a restaurant right on the beach called “Chowder Bowl”. We had a great bowl of clam chowder which they are famous for, and we topped it off with a dessert of chocolate cake and ice cream. Don’t know what happened to us—we’ve been good on this trip with what we eat, but we were cold, tired, and hungry today and it just hit us. And yes, it was as good as it looks.
We hopped on the shuttle and came back to the RV park this afternoon by 3:00 p.m. I’ve spent some time today mapping out the next few days. Tomorrow we will leave Newport and drive down about 100 miles to Winchester Bay, Oregon. Then we will cross into California Friday for a weekend of driving through the giant redwoods of northern California. We are also making plans with Ben for the next weekend when we reach Sausalito.
Stay tuned. Bonnie