Thursday, July 18, 2013

July 14th - Still "trapped" in Newport

It's the next weekend.  I zip down to Newport Saturday morning, and we have a good day visiting.

We're all set to head up to Depoe Bay Sunday morning, but lo!  fogged in around the bar at Newport.  Fearless, we're thinking of going out anyway, because the bay is calm, the sun is breaking through, and it looks like the fog's only close in to shore.

As we're getting ready, some slip-neighbors say "hey, have you heard the report?"  "No...." I says with trepidation.  "It's crazy out there, way too rough!"  Can it be?  It's so calm in the bay, it seems impossible.  But then we check around.  Yes, all the boats, local fishermen, tour boats, transits, everybody's coming back in within 30 minutes of going out.  When we see the "Discovery" tour boat coming back in with 20-odd paying customers, we know it's no good.

So, make lemonade, right?  We decide to toodle up the bay & Yaquina river for the day, a trip we'd wanted to do but hadn't had time for before.  It was LOVELY. 
It was warm, calm, a fun navigation (the river's a bit shallow at low tide).  And we hung out in Toledo for a couple hours.
downtown Toledo
                                                           After walking around town, we took a nap in the sun,
lovely terraced garden with shade
 then toodled on back to our guest slip.

Back in Newport, we checked in with folks, and heard the seas were no better.  I found a decent wi-fi signal and checked with wind and swell reports:  saw it was due to be steady nasty clear until Thursday.  So, decided to go home and enjoy our cozy home in the woods.


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