Larry and I had a quick weekend getaway to the coast. This was the weekend we were originally supposed to go to San Francisco with Corey & Melody to see Motley Crue. That was postponed, so we thought we would getaway to Palm Springs. Work was going to make us quarantine for 14 days upon return since Palm Springs is a hot spot, so we stayed in state.
The first night we stayed at Channel House in Depoe Bay which is one of our favorites. It did not disappoint. We sat in the tub on our balcony while watching at least four whales spout while drinking wine. Then, we witnessed an amazing sunset. We stopped for brunch earlier in the day so we weren't hungry when all the restaurants were open. We were hungry at 9 p.m. at night though and had to trek back to Lincoln City for Taco Bell. Taco Bell's computers were down so we had McDonald's for a very late dinner.
The next morning, we got ready and headed toward the outlet mall. Mall rules consisted of our "new normal" of masks and waiting in line to go into each store. Larry isn't much of a wait in line type of guy so we walked through the mall pretty fast. It was sad to see a lot of businesses permanently closing. I guess that might be part of our "new normal" too. We did stop at a store called Scout that has a lot of outdoorsy stuff and they had added axe throwing. We decided to each throw 10 times. Larry hit once for two points and I hit once for three points! I won! Ha ha ha! We had both been craving Taco Bell since the night before so we went through the drive up and had a car picnic of Taco Bell for lunch.
We decided to see if we could check in at Surftides in Lincoln City, which I booked last minute without a lot of research. We were able to check in early which was nice. It was a decent hotel...aging some, but clean and decorated cute. We got settled and took a nap! We tried to go to dinner at Pier 101, but it was closed. We headed back towards our hotel and went to the restaurant there...Mist. It wasn't the best. Larry had what he calls road kill prime rib sandwich. I had fish tacos which were good, but they gross Larry out. Ha! We walked on the beach after dinner and it was freezing! The wind was blowing so hard that Larry's glasses had sand/salt build up on them.
We headed back to the room and I got in the huge tub. Eventually, Larry got in too. We relaxed for a bit, well I relaxed and Larry worked on his bubble bath camouflage! Funny story...our bed was like a trampoline so every time either one of us rolled over it was so bouncy and ridiculous. Ha ha ha! We were able to sleep in a bit though. We took our time getting ready and headed home. A great weekend away!
