Sight-seeing in Newport and Lincoln City, Oregon

My sister Denise journeyed from Portland to visit us while we're here at the beach.  She booked a lovely suite at the Looking-glass Inn in Taft for two nights and we spent Wednesday tootling around Newport and Thursday we went north and adventured around Lincoln City.  This is the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse.  

She drove to visit us here in the trailer and then we all jumped in our car and went to pick-up a take-out lunch at one of our favorite restaurants in Newport, Georgie's Grill.  We all had Halibut fish and chips, with onion rings and sweet potato fries.  Then we dined in front of the lighthouse looking over the Pacific and Yaquina Bay.

After a very tasty lunch we embarked on our adventure, first the obligatory photo of the Yaquina Bay Bridge.  It's so pretty.

The we drove through the historic working bay front with all the fishing boats, seafood processing plants, boutiques, salt water taffy shops, restaurants, etc.  I always drive to the fishing boat yard to take this view of the boats and the bridge.  Each time the light is different and each time I love it.

The fishing boats come and go and there are some docks here that the barking sea lions call home.

They go ORK! ORK!! ORK!!!.. really loud.  Try it, it's fun.. then watch your family as they think you've gone mad.  :-D

My sister Denise captured this shot of some crab pots with colorful new buoys.

Then I drove us down into the Historic Nye Beach area and showed her some things she hadn't seen and in this neat little beach access park she snapped this great shot of the ocean with a seagull on top of each post.  LOL!

There were these cool benches, the artwork on them was wonderful.

A special place here is the Sylvia Beach Hotel -- 

Sylvia Beach Hotel was named in honor of Sylvia Beach, the expatriate American bookseller and publisher who opened Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris in 1919. Located in Newport on the central Oregon coast, Sylvia Beach Hotel sits on a bluff above Nye Beach and the Pacific Ocean.

Originally built in 1912 as the New Cliff House hotel, the structure was renovated in the 1980s to become a 21-room literary-themed bed and breakfast with a homey and eclectic charm that attracts readers, writers, and travelers from all over the world. It has been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Each room includes details and books to reflect the life and writings of 21 different authors. Guests can enjoy a book with a view in the quiet and cozy haven of the third-floor oceanfront library. Family-style dining for breakfast and dinner brings guests and locals together to share conversation and adventures in our Tables of Content Restaurant.

We then went to see the Yaquina Head Lighthouse only to find it was closed for repairs.  Here is the view of Newport from there.

This is an image I got in April 2019.

Thursday morning was gorgeous, I snapped this from the doorway.  :-)  We picked up Denise at her hotel and off we went.  We went to a plant nursery to see if they had a little fall-inspired potted plant and they did not.  But we did get a surprise for our son and DIL.  Shhhh.. don't tell them.  :-)

Then we went to Walgreens to pick up some prescription eye drops for me.  Then we stopped at an antique store and I found a couple Jadeite goodies.  This Fenton candleholder is so pretty!

And also a vintage Fire King shell dish.  :-)  We also did a grocery pick-up at Fred Meyer and may have brought home a rather too large bag of Halloween candy.. just in case we get any trick-or-treaters.  One must be prepared.  We got a bag that had our favorites.  ;-)

Then we got a take out order for a late lunch from Kyllo's restaurant at Devil's Lake - 3 bay shrimp salads that were delicious!  They had avocado, kalamata olives, boiled egg, cherry tomatoes and cucumber.. I forgot to take a photo!  :-)  We then dropped Denise off so she could watch the last presidential debate in her suite.  Then we pulled in to get this shot of my favorite little islands.  The light was not good but it's still a fun shot.

A shot of a bird on a piece of driftwood in Siletz bay, just past the little islands, the Pacific Ocean across the sand bar.

We watched the debate and the sunset at the same time.  I can't wait until this election is over and hopefully we can all heal from this divisiveness and anger.  

A very pretty end to a lovely day.

Almost dark.

My friend Shirley that is house-sitting for me found my newly made jadeite rolling pin in the pantry.  I might need to make a pumpkin pie!

I added my two new jadeite pieces to my Halloween display on the dining table in our trailer.  The orange and green really complement each other.  

Well.. that's it for now.  We have another 9 days to enjoy the ocean and our cozy little caravan.  Yes, I think I could do this forever.  It's cloudy today and rain is forecast but that is okay with me.  I've got some crocheting to do today.  Denise brought us some of her homemade split pea soup and her own sourdough bread, so that will be our afternoon meal.  Yum!!  

Have a great weekend.. any plans?  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)