Seaside Trip

The third week of January brought us our first taste of Oregon Coast Winter Storms. 
WOW!

Luckily, we never lost power for any length of time here in town.  The winds got up to 100mph and we actually had to take our stained glass hanging out of the big window due to the panes rattling so hard we honestly thought the hanging was going to break!

We went to Seaside, OR (about 2 hours north) on our days off.  We got a great rate on an oceanfront room.  Gotta love off season rates on the Oregon Coast!  This is the view we had:

Seaside has always held a special place in our heart.  It was our "getaway" place when we lived in Tacoma.  A place associated with relaxation.
Although it was stormy and incredibly windy, we had a great time.  We met up with one of our old friends, Linda MacDonald Lewis.  She is an amazing ambassador for Scotland, a poet, and writer, to name a few of her many talents.  We stopped by her shop to visit and then ended up going out for lunch and drinks.  I laughed until my cheeks hurt.  Skott and I have said that when we get to visit Scotland someday, we are going with her as our tour guide....  Some day I will have to do a post about Linda.  She is incredible!

The dogs enjoyed the car ride to Seaside.  Haha.  Lazies!

Skott and Fucie relaxing in motel

Skott trying to mimic Izzy

The winter storms have really changed the beach.  A lot of debris has been deposited.  But then we can go out a couple days later, and it's gone.  Always changing.


Debris on beach.  (Don't mind my fat finger in the picture)



More debris.  (And more of my fat fingers! geesh!)

In between storms, we have been getting out and walking every chance we can (which lately has only been once or twice a week).
Yesterday, there were a lot of interesting things deposited on the beach:

Uprooted trees

The red was so brilliant!

Don't underestimate the power of the ocean!  This was a piece of plywood impaled on the tree

Winter storms also create a lot of sea foam