Beach Visit!

For picking the time due to my least busy time of month I got extremely lucky! Friday evening was cloudy and misty when I got there but Saturday through Monday.. WOW!! Saturday I spent the day with some dear friends right down the road from Rockaway Beach. They took me to the marina and then to where a lot of people do their fishing and crabbing. I visited the beach Saturday evening and found out that sand hoppers really like me. :(  My feet itched SO bad when I got back to the house. Luckily they had baking soda in the cupboard and a soak of tepid water with baking soda did the trick and then a paste of baking soda with socks put over so I could sleep! It's amazing how well that baking soda worked! The itching was right on par with the itching from hives and on the bottom of the feet... yikes!! However the sunset pictures I got did make it worth it! :)  Then we carpooled to our meeting Sunday morning. It was pretty awesome that I also got to see my cousin Brent W. and his wife from Vancouver at the meeting. They came down for the same days I did and we just happened to be at the same meeting! I also went down to Lincoln City for a afternoon meeting. What a gorgeous drive and wonderful meeting! Monday was a wander the town and relax day at the beach day and then dinner with friends. And as I was leaving today the clouds were back. Loved, loved, loved the break! And as I having a standing invitation to a place to stay, I may just go back in a few months!! :) As you can see from the pictures below the weather was awesome! It was in the 70's Saturday, probably upper 70's Sunday and low 80's Monday. It's very rare to get that good of weather three days in a row any time of year, much less in October!

Another side that was good to this trip is that this is the first overnight trip I've made to the coast since Dave left. We headed there as a getaway now and again so it was tough to head to the beach. Lincoln City was one place we went to fairly often so that's good to get off the plate, so to speak. Seaside was another but that'll be for another time!! Step by step the tough things get taken care of!! It always helps to have very dear friends that help by just being there!

A typical Oregon beach day!

Looking back at Rockaway Beach with clouds.

Garibaldi Marina 

Lots of boats!!

A crab pot is down there!

The view from where people fish and have their crab pots. Hwy 101 is off to the far right.

Gorgeous Sunset with the seagulls

My favorite picture!

My attempt at a selfie. :) 

Rockaway Beach without the clouds 

There's a blue heron right along the middle edge of the pond. This pond was right along side the house I stayed at. 

A gorgeous 81* on Monday! On the Northern Oregon Beach!!

Another shot of the beach. It was just perfect Monday!

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The cute house that I stayed at. It's on airbnb.com, sleeps up to 8 but probably 6 comfortably. And only a 3 minute walk to the beach. Well stocked with the basics. Towels, kitchen etc. 126 Beacon St.