Welcome to the first weekend in October! I made reservations at Seahorse Motel in Lincoln City several weeks ago, to celebrate Carol's birthday. So, we drove to Grand Ronde yesterday and Carol got her favorite turkey dinner. They have the best buffet in Oregon! Then we drove on to Lincoln City and checked into the motel. We dropped off our stuff and headed over to the Christmas Shop. The weather was great - 72 degrees - slight wind - sunny. Perfect for a walk on the beach!

Here's a few shots from the motel:

We took in a movie in the evening - Left Behind. Nicolas Cage is an airline pilot and the story is about his relationship with his family. If you get a chance...see this one. I will post more soon.

Yesterday was quite busy. I got up and went to the gym, then borrowed Carol's car and drove to Seaside to help SOLVE ( beach clean-up). SOLVE estimated 40,000 people volunteered across the state and 42 tons of debris was disposed of.

 

 



When I got home I washed the car and raked leaves with the help of Payton :)
And to top the day off....it was Mom Peters 88th Birthday!!! So, we took her out to On The Border and had a little Mexican food. Then we brought her to the house for a little cake and coffee.

Happy Birthday, Mom!!! Today we're taking her for lunch and a drive to the beach. She gets to hold Payton!

I have a lot of catching up to do, so I'll get right to it. Last weekend (Sept 20/21) we packed up the van, picked up Jim & Vonnie Lash, and headed for Skagit Valley Resort and went to hear Air Supply.We stopped at Spiffy's and had breakfast (no cinnamon rolls). Carol got great tickets about 12 rows back from the stage! On the isle. Which turned out really good for Jim, because when they came down the isles singing Russell shook his hand. Super concert and had a really great time playing Pinochle (the girls won...again). The weather was perfect and the Skagit was a really nice place to stay.

 

 

 



 

Oh, yes...and the highlight of the trip was all of the presents Carol got to open (one at a time) to celebrate her upcoming birthday. Two days of gift opening! Some were really funny and others were really cool! Thank You, Lash's!!! 

We got a lot of work done Saturday: replaced the outside garage lights, installed new cabinet dividers, cleaned the BBQ.  And it was kinda hot outside - 95 degrees. So, after a shower, we drove to the beach...and it was 55 degrees and foggy. We decided to go south from Cannon Beach and I took a couple of pictures of Nehalem Bay.

We decided to have dinner in Tillamook and took Highway 6 home. Very relaxing drive and very Cool :) Here's a picture of an oyster shell hill:

Hope everyone has a good weekend...More pics soon>

Thought I'd add a couple of pictures from this mornings' walk on the beach:

Will add more soon!

After a hard week at work, Carol had previously made reservations to spend Saturday night in Lincoln City. We had tickets to see the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute band - Lights Out. So, I worked out early on Saturday A.M. and we packed up the van and had lunch at Grand Ronde. Then, on to Lincoln City. We went to the car show downtown and here's a few of the cars we liked:

After the car show we went to the hotel and checked in. At 8:00 P.M. we were sitting down listening to Lights Out. They did a great job! Really enjoyed their music. Today we got up, walked on the beach for a while, had breakfast, then drove back home. Nice weekend!

I can't believe how fast the summer is going by. On August 1st Carol & I set out in the afternoon for Pendleton, OR. We spent the night and drove through Idaho and Utah the next day. And pulled into Little America, WY. Saturday night. Sunday morning we drove to Cheyenne and met the family at Holiday Park...what a great time!

 

 

How great was that...to come to the park and sit down with family and enjoy the food and their company!!! But, we had to leave after a few hours and followed Kelly and Etienne to Ft. Collins, CO and spent the night (thank you for letting us stay with you!). Monday morning we got to go for a little open Jeep ride to Horse Tooth Reservoir...lots of fun!  Then we drove to Denver to see Nancy Dyer. We miss Uncle Orv and it was good to hold Nancy and tell her so. We stayed at Nancy's and enjoyed seeing all of the Dyers in Denver.  On Wednesday morning we were back on the road toward Interstate 80. We stopped in Twin Falls, Idaho for the night. And drove into Portland on Thursday evening. Quick trip...but, worth every second. More good stuff to come!