Not having a new destination today, we elected for some much-needed sleep and didn’t get up till 8:00. Felt good.
First stop of the day was at Ron’s place for a breakfast sandwich. Not exactly up to Black Bear standards, but we have plans for later in the day.
Walking around the waterfront we were surprised to see most shops didn’t open till 11:00. So, it’s prime tourist time on the Oregon coast and I guess the shops have made enough money to open late. Well, at least River Roasters, our favorite coffee shop in town, was open and ready to give us that day starting shot of caffeine.
By the time we had walked to end of the waterfront and back Kitchen Klutter, our favorite kitchen store, was open. A single, very inexpensive purchase did nothing for the local economy but made Barb happy and making Barb happy is important.
As 11:30 approached we headed to Mo’s Seafood & Chowder. We never miss lunch at Mo’s when in town. We both had a cup of what is the best clam chowder on the coast and split a shrimp appetizer. I can say that both went well with a Bloody Mary.
Back out at the hotel I spent an hour and a half on our deck in a cheap, plastic, poor imitation of an Adirondack chair watching the Pacific Ocean roll onto the beautiful Oregon coast.
Dinner was at the Waterfront Depot and it was excellent. Barb had crab encrusted cod, while I opted for the pasta jambalaya. We would both go back there in heartbeat. After dinner we did what my parents did in the evenings when they lived in Florence and stopped by BJ’s Ice Cream for a waffle cone to go.
Tomorrow we leave the coast and head to Central Oregon.
32 miles today
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