Love the coast so much we bought a little beach house just south of Lincoln city and we stay there about every other weekend. ABM... pst if you are interested in stopping by for BBQ or grabbing a beer at McMenamins on Sat... will be down there.
My favorite place is at a friends family's house in Manzanita only a block off the main street. Manzania is a cool little town/city with lots of neat shops and a pub on the main strip. I am also a fan of staying at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City. It's across the street from one of my favorite brewery's, Pelican. YUMMY brew!
Well, we've been down here for a few hours. Clouds breaking nicely....wow, sizing up for a beautiful sunset! Looks like Tidal Raves in Depot Bay for dinner tonight. Gonna take my wife to Sharks Seafood Bar in Newport tomorrow night for her birthday dinner. Ciao!
If you get down to Yachats, try the Adobe. Really good restaurant in a hotel (of the same name) with fantastic ocean views.
Well if you want to get some good salmon fishing in, a beach near Astoria would be the best. I stayed Gearhardt this summer. Beaches were clean and not crowded . . . and the fishing was fantastic. If you need the name of a good guide (you will limit out), let me know.
Simply put, one of the best meals I've had.......................ever! Outstanding Depoe Bay ocean view to boot! Shrimp/Cheese concoction on toasted foccacia Bread Shrimp Salad Crab Casserole w/sautéed veggies Dead Guy Ale
damn you ABM...one of the things i miss most about OR is the coast...i could find something to like about any spot there abouts...
We are back from Newport. Weather was miserable, even by the Oregon coast standards. House was "interesting". It was a real mansion way back in the late 40s when it was built, some of it was upgraded, other parts not so much. Had a cool Jetson like Frigidaire brand oven/stove, back-yard access to a semi-private beach, fantastic yard, and a great fire-pit. Overall, an interesting vacation - not the best we have had on the coast - but because this was such an old house with that strange mix of new and old - it was interesting. Would rather do Neskowin again than this, however.
???? Saturday in Newport was absolutely beautiful in my estimation. What a glorious sunset! (OK, the sunset was in Lincoln City. During the day in Newport was lovely, though.)
Having had the pleasure of enjoying beaches around the world - and being from a Lizard family - I appreciate heat - and the weather on the coast this weekend was miserable. I was cold the whole, entire effin' weekend. I understand that some illegal aliens from Canada or Alaska might have found the weather satisfactory - but I do not think that the drinks in my car resumed liquid state until we got back to Portland yesterday with a proper 78 deg. F. Proper beach weather, in the perfect world, will not require you to be wearing long-pants and a sweatshirt for a 10:00pm camp-fire, so the same attire for a 10:00am beach-stroll is unacceptable. I have no idea where to find previous temp. on the web - but the high for today in Newport is supposed to be 64 deg. It was not better this weekend. Yuck.
