After the rain.....

It rained, and rained, and rained.......and then it rained some more.  There was a little lightning and thunder (a rarity here at Cape Blanco) thrown in for good measure.......yep Wednesday came in like a bear!

Before we went on duty at 12:30 we drove into Port Orford to drop our newly printed tax returns at the local Post Office.  Debbie weighed each envelope carefully, placed the appropriate postage on each, and then we were done.  Then, while we were in town, we decided to have a late breakfast at the Paradise Cafe.  Yelp gives them 4 stars on 20 reviews........we liked it, but I would be closer to 3.5 stars, especially when comparing the food to the Original Breakfast Restaurant we ate at in Albany, OR the day before.  don't misunderstand, the food was good, and I can understand why the 'locals' frequent this place.

Of course, any trip into Port Orford must include a stop at Ray's Food Place to pick up a few items before heading back to the Cape.  We arrived back at the coach by 11:30, and were on our way over to the lighthouse to relieve Paul and Nina by 12:20.

The weather continued to be blustery, but by the time we arrived for duty the clouds had somewhat parted and the sun was out.  The wind was in the mid 20's (mph) with gusts into the mid 30's, so it was fun trying to walk up the hill to the lighthouse whilst being buffeted by the gusts of wind.

There had only been 25 visitors in total when we relieved Paul and Nina, but I don't think all those visitors to the greeting center had actually taken the lighthouse tour, so it looks like the October slowdown is happening.  We had probably another dozen, or more people who took the tour in the three hours we were on duty......I think most of them showed up in the last 30 minutes of our shift.  We locked up the lighthouse for the night around 3:25, and were out at the gate by 3:30 to prevent any further vehicles from entering the property while we awaited the departure of the remaining 5 vehicles.

It looks like the current storm has punched itself out, and we'll have a day of no rain on Thursday, but it will return, according to the weather guessers, on Friday, and then again on Monday, and so forth.

On the sports front the K.C. Royals finished the 4 game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles and are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1985.  The S.F. Giants won game four of their series with the St. Louis Cardinals to take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in their series.  It's looking more and more like a World Series matching two 'wild card' teams....I wonder if that has ever happened before?

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