- Newport Oregon May 21, 2013
Well, it had to happen…it
rained. I mean really rained. We were prepared and followed the Deb Carroll rules
regarding "What to do on rainy days at the beach: Visit tourist traps." Ray and I headed to one of my favorite
spots in Newport, the Nye Beach area.
Nye Beach in 2013 looks a lot
different than it did in the ‘70’s/80’s when I lived here. I loved walking to this beach and
finding a nook in the cliff or between driftwood to sort out what ever was
bothering me. I felt safe going to
the beach alone and my big problems would dissolve into small ones by the time
I headed home. When I was 18, it was a very interesting place. Quite colorful characters lived there and had interesting
stories. Not the type of people my
mom would be excited me knowing about.
My friend Denise and I lived there the summer after high school graduation and felt quite independent
even though her parents lived around the corner.
Now the area is trendy. The shops are quaint and the hippies
have left. But there stills
remains something special about Nye Beach whether it is the Nye Beach of my
teens and twenties or today. It
always draws me back to it’s welcoming arch, turnaround, vintage houses and
interesting people.
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| Nye Beach Turnaround |
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| Chowder Bowl @Nye Beach |
One of my favorite places in
Nye Beach is the Chowder Bowl. The
chowder is exceptional and that is saying a lot since this is the hometown of
the worlds famous Mo’s Clam Chowder.
Ray and I had a great lunch and then purchased chowder base so we could
enjoy it again. We made a short
attempt to act like tourist and shop but the rain and the thought of a nap
convinced us to return home.
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| Chowder with a shrimp sandwich - Yummy |
This evening the skies have
cleared and it looks like one more sunset for us. I just keep thinking in a few
months I’ll be looking at sunrises over the ocean instead of sunsets.
Bend tomorrow – hope there is
no snow over Santiam Pass.
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