We left Longview Sunday am determined. We drove over the bridge in Longview, now we are in Oregon. We drove to Clatskanie Oregon and stopped for breakfast at a place called The Hump. It was on the river, Clatskanie river I presume. They seated us in a booth in the bar close to the propane fireplace which was roaring.
We both had a bood breakfast and headed back on the road. Next stop our favorite liqour store in Astoria. To our good fortune, the product we wanted, Titos Vodka, was on sale! We bought all 4 gallons! Each bottle was $15 cheaper than across the river.
The Sunday street market was going on too, so we checked that out. WOW so much seafood, but we were full from breakfast. We checked a few book stores but didn't find anything.
Next we drove to Cannon Beach. We walked the beach towards the big rock. The weather was nice but there was a 5 mph wind off the water, so it wasn't hot
We checked out some galleries and looked at over priced sandals before heading to Seaside
Ok, where is Seaside? Who replaced quaint Seaside with this sprawling town? What is that massive building next to Shilo? Wow. A HUGE Worldmark resort is now next to Shilo. Shilo Inn used to be the biggest thing in town, this new resort dwarfs it. There must be 1000 rooms in that thing!
Our place was on the end of the boardwalk to the south. We found it, then went back down to the main strip to continue sandal shopping. I went off and had a drink and check football scores. Hawks on Monday night so no worries.
We checked in an hour early and loved our room! It was one of th ebest I've stayed in in some tome. Its' called the Inn at the Shore. Not to be confused with the Inn at the Prom or The Inn at Seaside!
For happy hour we walked up to the U street grill or something like that. It was crowded. We learned that most businesses has cut staff for winter. It was nearly 80 degrees in October and every hotel and motel was booked solid! Needless to say a lot of businesses were caught off guard. I heard that every bottle of sun block was sold out and we only found one place still selling sandals.
Dinner we ordered Chinese delivery. It was pretty bad, but better than moving to get food. We were both really tired.
The next day we went to breakfast at the Pig and Pancake. I think next time I'll try a new place but it was ok.
We discussed going to see her mom in Morton on the way home, or going all the way up the coast to Ocean Shores on our way home. Since it was Monday and B had to work Tuesday and football we decided to head straight home. Ha ha.
A few minutes out of Longview on I-5, suddenly traffic slowed to a crawl. We were stop and go all the way to Centralia. ugh. We were getting hungry now, but thought we wanted to get North of Tacoma before stopping. As we got to Lakewood we heard the news of the massive collision on I-5 in Federal Way. All NB lanes blocked. Expected to be hours before it opens. Unbelievable.
We decided to get off and get to 99 now. It was packed. We spent 30 minutes in downtown Tacoma sitting on 99. We chose to cut our losses, turned off and went up Marine View drive through Redondo Beach. I have never been on that road before. Its cool but slow.
By now we were starving. We decided to go to the Alaska Junction close to home and get some dinner. We chose The Matador It was decent. We got home a few minutes before the game started,
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| Cannon Beach |
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| Cannon Beach |
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| Sunset at Seaside |
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| Inn at the Shore |
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| Sunrise |
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| Big ol Jelly |
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| View from the room |
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| Score! |
