We've had a few stormy days here at Cape Blanco over the past 6 weeks, but there was something about this day that reminded me a little of that November day back in 1978. As we drove over to the gate at 9:45 our VW was being buffeted about by the blustery winds.
There was a lot of moisture in the air from the crashing waves down below the bluffs that was pelting the drivers side of the car as we waited for 10 am to arrive so we could open the gate and begin another day as lighthouse hosts at Cape Blanco.
As I climbed those final 11 stairs into the 'lantern room' I could see moisture on the windows, and a quite foreboding sky to the southwest. Funny, I could have sworn that the weather guessers predicted mostly clear skies this day......I'm glad they were wrong.
We didn't have our first 3 visitors of the day until after 11 am, and I think we finished with a total of a dozen by the time our morning shift ended at 12:30 pm.....all in all a perfect morning. I spent a lot of time just watching the angry sea pounding the sea stacks, and the wind driven mist from the crashing waves floating up and over the cliffs.
At 12:30 we hopped in the VW and headed in to Langlois to the Langlois Market to feast upon their 'world famous' hot dogs for lunch, and then do some shopping.......yes, I know, you want to know about the hot dogs......yep, they are very, very good......and his little market is a gem! It is a hangout for the locals who come for the hot dogs, a little shopping, and to share the news of the community. Of course, this little market also boasts that they have 200 unique craft beers, and they deliver on that score, too.
This being Sunday also meant it was a day for more NFL games.......and I spent the rest of the afternoon after our lunching/shopping excursion watching.....I watched the Kansas City Chiefs win a nail biter over the San Diego Chargers, and Peyton Manning set a new record for career touchdowns by a quarterback when he threw his 509th touchdown in the first half eclipsing Bret Favre's record of 508.....he ended evening with 510 total touchdowns, and the Broncos won over the San Francisco 49ers handily......42-17......however, I get slightly ahead of myself......
After the end of the Chargers/Chiefs game TLE and decided to take a walk on 'south beach', and what a great walk it was......
We walked down the steep paved road to the sand, and then walked north towards the lighthouse........
Chris, Cherie, Paul and Nina have all told us at one time, or another that there is a faint trail back to the top of the bluffs right near the large vertical 'sea stack'......it took us a little time, but we did find the trail, and worked our way up to to the top....
The walk along the beach was invigorating albeit chilly......we arrived back at the coach just at 5:30, and in time to watch the Bronco/49er game.
Another splendiforous day living on the Oregon coast........thanks for stopping by!
Only relevant to the first part of your post but we have so much opportunity to relax after putting my son down. And he goes down early, like 6:30-7:00pm. But it seems if you look around on the internet the idea of stepping outside with your kid unattended is considered neglect these days. We've hedged by using a video baby monitor. We try to park directly in front of the pool so we can see our rig, and watch our son with the baby monitor. Then we can take nice night swims or walks without getting into trouble. In our case at least my son is incredibly noisy and if he wakes up you will hear it from across the rv park. It is sad though that I have to worry so much about what others think but that is the world these days. Maybe if I was on the Oregon coast there would be no people around to judge :-P
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