Tues. May 28, 2013 - and still more rain !!!!

Mike went in to town to work today - filing Q2 tasks. I did two yurts by myself - seems like nothing:).  The rain was on again off again all day long.  I did a high tide beach walk after dinner during a break in the showers.

 Tonight we grilled Portobello mushrooms and ate them on a plate ( rather than a bun like we usually do) with stir fired bok choy and garlic mashed cauliflower.  A completely delicious and vege meal.

Wed. May 29, 2013 - last full day

This AM Mike went in to town, and I worked for a while, then enjoyed a fairly low tide bike ride north toward the point.  We have decided it is a 4.5 mile bike ride all the way to the tip of the land spit that closes in Netart's Bay from the ocean.  I only went about 3 miles out. 

                                                  I found some floating ocean trash

                                                           A Japanese water bottle

 

 

All I could carry on my bike - I forgot a bag when I left, or I would have more.

 

We were assigned three cabins today , so Mike came back in from Tillamook to help with the last two.  It takes about an hour to do one myself and there is only 3 hours between 1:00 check out and 4:00 check in, so 3 cabins is too many to do alone.

 

Tonight we had fresh steamed crab from Netarts Bay

In our cozy dining room in the rain

 

After dinner, Howard and Elna came over for a visit since they learned it was our last night here.  Then we took our final beach walk at dusk.  Did I mention this is a BEAUTIFUL park?

Mon. May 27, 2013 - More rain

Rain, Rain, Rain.  Poor tent campers - they are packing up wet.  The yurt people are still here, and they walk out to the ocean between rain showers, as do we.  It is beautiful.

The basil and oregano plants are doing well in the front end overhang where they stay at night and when it is raining.  If Mr. Basil keeps growing, he will outgrow his indoor home. 
We cleaned three cabins. and had Little Joes' from the freezer for dinner with a delicious farmer's market greens salad.  We finished Downton Abbby season two a few nights ago, so started Arrested Development, season 4 .

Sun., May 26, 2013 - Rain out

The park started to clear out today despite it being a holiday weekend, because it was wet.  This is what it looked like yesterday with a full campground along the beach dune.

 

We went back to work with two cabins to clean in the afternoon,  but otherwise, we stayed in.

I cooked chicken vegetable stir-fry for dinner with a chicken breast from Neskowin farmer's market, then went for a beach walk at dusk,  I thought it was clearing up ( sunny when I left) but I got rained on while gone.  It was still an enjoyable walk. 

I continue to gush about what a beautiful spot this is.  We are in our last week, so I'm getting nostalgic again.

Sat. May 25, 2013 - Campground Full

Today we had breakfast at home, then drove south to the small community of Neskowin to visit their first of the season farmer's market.

There were only about 10 stalls, but we got some delicious greens ( which grow well in this climate)

and some farm raised pork chops and a whole chicken which the farmer said was butchered yesterday ( poor gal).

 

After farmer's market,  we went back to Pacific City and Stimulus, the coffee shop across the road from Cape Kiwanda where we saw the bike race last week.  We worked there for a while, then had a late lunch at Doryland Pizza

 

 

On the way back to the park, we stopped to see the Sand Lake Rec area, and discovered it was for dune buggy riders - which we are not.

And unfortunately, we ran over a screw during our tour,

so we drove directly to Les Schwab in Tillamook to get it fixed.

  Notice the color coordinated "quilt" above the door.  This decoration is one of dozens in Tillamook - ( see Feb. 19 for a view of the green on the library front wall) a campaign whereby participating local business and government buildings display quilts to recognize the quilting and fabric industry in the area.  I will have to check this out in more detail on our next visit.

 

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This is the sign we saw at the front gate when we got back from our outing today.

Fri. May 24, 2013 - Low tide beach run

 

Mike gets up earlier than me in general, and when I woke up he was already gone on a run.  I read for a few minutes, then went for a run myself.  It was an EXTREMELY low time, so I ran toward cape cove - about 1/3 mile south until you can go any further because Cape Lookout stops you.  There were lots of people out and lots of beach to walk on.

and two waterfalls coming out of the cape from all the recent rain.

We went in to town for a late breakfast at The Fern ( Mike's now regular spot, but I don't go in much, so this is the first time I've been there in May and to Tillamook library to work.

 

When we got back, we had dinner at home, then went for a nice beach walk at dusk.  Lots of people setting up tonight in the D loop - running parallel to the dune which is trying to hold back the encroaching ocean on the right.

 

Thurs. may 23, 2013 - More rain

Today was REALLY wet.  We cleaned three cabins and enjoyed the warm and cozy motor home. 

I made my chicken noodle casserole with the last chicken breast from the Encinitas farmer's market chicken.  Interesting to do it from memory because we did not bring any cookbooks from Woodhaven.  We did not want to take up the space, and there are recipes on the internet.  It turned out delicious.

The park is gearing up for Memorial Day weekend, but it is supported to me wet, so we'll see...  Right now it looks like this

But on Saturday it will look like this....

This is the view from our bedroom window, looking down the campground road to the ocean.  It is a constant stream of people walking to the beach.  The yurts are behind us, so even when the campground is empty, there are people in the yurts who are also warm and cozy.