Last weekend we went with the Tillemas to the coast. It was about a 50 mile drive from McMinnville over to Lincoln City on the coast. But on the way we decided to stop in the hamlet of Otis which is just a couple of miles from Lincoln City for a late breakfast or rather brunch. I haven't looked it up, but Otis can't have more than 200 folks, if that. In the picture here is the Otis cafe with 8 tables, right next to the Otis post office. This is another one of those places that you might miss, but after a 20 minute wait in line, we were rewarded with a super home cooked breakfast that you just can't get at any of the national chains.

We then arrived on the coast and the Pacific was awesome. Here's a bit of the coastline showing the terrain and the beach. Even though the beach looks pretty inviting, the 50 degree water and the surf would make you have to have a wet suit at the least. The waves were about 3 to 5 feet and pretty active. We had a storm the night before and I think that accounted for the wave action.

After walking out the pier in Lincoln City and then along the beach we came across this crab fisherman and some neat driftwood along the harbor. Just beyond the land in the pic is the Pacific. While you can't see it here, across the bit of water on the next piece of land were many seals and/or sea lions. There were some sea otters playing in the surf just off shore.

Night before last we had a pretty good storm which rocked the RV a bit, but it wasn't enough to make us pull the slides in ... maybe 25-35 miles an hour. Today it was really beautiful at around 60 degrees and almost no wind.