Awake: 6:14am Temp 53 sleep 6+57 cloudy overnight @ Newport, OR.
Call Melissa in PA using the land line & (2) phones; have a wonderful conversation with Matthew for about (5) min. He spoke slowly & was very easy to understand. Our call was short as they were ready to go grocery shopping.
Call my sister, Corinne, in Lilly, PA; she will be flying to Los Angles in December for a Catholic Youth Conference.
Call Don & Josie in Ebensburg, PA; during their absence, strong winds messed up some of their gutters & now my brother is climbing up the high ladder to, hopefully, fix those water routers. Josie reports that her husband is getting to be quite the Mr. “Fix it” man since he semi-retired.
K & I walk around this campground for a little exercise & to see the different brands of motor homes parked here. We estimate there are (24) units out of the (252) sites available; obviously this is not the peak season for this campground.
Next, we hop in the Suzuki, drive to the old town of Newport called Nye Beach & ride around this historical section of town. In the 1890’s the “summer people” as tourists were called, began coming in large numbers. They came by train to Yaquina City to Newport’s Bayfront & finally by the boardwalk built by the city in 1891 to connect the Bayfront with Nye Beach. They too have a small turnaround close to the ocean where one can drive an automobile for a look see.
Then we visit the Yaquina Bay Bridge; a network of Oregon Coast bridges was built during the Depression’s “make work” program of the 1930’s, which signaled an end of the era when ferries served as a vital link to transportation along the coast. Below this bridge is the waterfront with all its fishing boats & seafood processors, eloquent shops, restaurants, etc. A lot of people traffic today down by the waterfront creating a small auto traffic slowdown. En route back to our bus, we make a quick grocery visit to Fred Myers.
K & I attend the 5:30 vigil Mass @ Sacred Heart Church in town. When we return to our bus, we call & have a nice chat with Melissa in PA since she had little time to talk earlier.
Evening entertainment: Watch “MGM Future movie shorts.” A sneak preview of some of their movies made in the 60’s; many of which we have yet to see.
Lights out: 11:22pm
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