A Happy Vacation

The insurance man and I spent last week in Newport on the Oregon Coast. We had a week reserved at this resort, the Embarcadero, right on Yaquina Bay. We had a lovely time with no specific schedule, and time on our hands.

This is what the resort looked like on Newport Bay. This is the eastern view of the bay at high tide from our window. We thought that the bay probably ended just a little ways further, but were we surprised when we took the road along the bay. We followed the bay for about 12 miles to Toledo. Toledo proved to be one of many such old lumber mill towns in Oregon.

This is the western view of the bay from our balcony. It overlooks the Yaquina Bay bridge...quite a sight at sunset. Such a lovely job of bridge building. It was completed in 1935. Before the bridge, people had to take a ferry across the bay.

I took a few shots of the fishing boats from the bay front. We watched the boats go out most mornings and there was a lot of activity on the bay. There was a lot of crabbing going on. One day we had a major storm, with lots of rain and high winds. No boats on that day!

But as you can see, we did have lovely weather most of the week. We also were serenaded by the sea lions that live along the bay front.

I am still not up to long walks, so my insurance man took several good morning walks along the bay front, and enjoyed the sights.

I enjoyed an abundance of lovely spring flowers, especially the rhododendrons. They were in their peak of perfection. This lovely one was out in front of the Coast Guard Station, which is housed in that very pretty white house with the green shutters, again on the bay front.

This is an old wooden coast guard boat that has been preserved, and is on display at the side of the C.G. Station. With the picket fence, the whole station makes quite a statement!

We poked around Newport a lot, and found a whole new area to us, that was fascinating. More about that tomorrow...