Week 10 – Memorial Day 2024 – I’m Back

I’ve been reading a lot of Viking books lately. Here I am dressed as Svengal, Skirl of the Wolfwind:

We headed to the coast for Memorial Day weekend, and stayed at a condo at Nye Beach in Newport. Here I am navigating with my compass. Yes, the ocean is to the west.

The condo had three recliners!

We did a lot of beach walking:

And, since it is the end of week 10, I was cleared to surf!

Sea lions resting on a dock in the harbor on their way back to California for the summer:

Yaquina Head Lighthouse:

We went to OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center to check out their new tsunami-proof building, and rooftop tsunami evacuation site.

Not entirely sure how to interpret this sign:

The ramp to the roof:

The ramp had markers for different size tsunamis:

We headed up the coast to Siletz Bay for dinner at Pelican Brewing.

Calamari! (The Bigs would have been more than happy to make dinner at the condo, but they decided that my reading and bringing every menu (in the guest book at the condo) that had fried calamari to their attention was a not so subtle hint I wanted to eat out – somewhere with CALAMARI).

I had the bratwurst plate – locally made bratwurst poached in Sea N’ Red Ale and lightly
seared, served with house made bacon sauerkraut, smashed potatoes, and Dijon
mustard (I was in heaven).

Mom had the portobello banh mi: marinated portobello mushrooms piled high on a fresh
baked Telera roll with sriracha aioli, house made pickled vegetables, and cilantro

and Dad had the ahi poke bowl – fresh ahi tuna tossed in ginger lime sauce, house made pickled vegetables, sriracha aioli, pickled ginger, cilantro, sesame seeds, served atop a bed of sushi rice with unagi sauce.

I was exhausted! Here’s something I haven’t done in a long time:

Got a new hat:

Most recent x-rays are looking good:

So good, in fact, I thought it might be time for a ski. (It is June 1st, after all.)

Bachelor closed last weekend, but they still have plenty of snow.

I had to wear my nordic pants, because, as it turns out, the last time I went skiing someone cut my ski pants off!

We made it all the way to the top:

I was a little nervous to ski again, but I got over that pretty quickly. I’ve still got it. Perfect corn, just below the summit:

Here we are having a post ski, cliq chair picnic.

Sunday, we went for a mtn. bike ride, then did some gardening. We got all of our planters planted. Our front porch planters already looked great.

But after much gnashing of teeth, we pulled out the beautiful pansies and replaced them with our summer plants. There is no way the pansies would have made it through the heat wave predicted for the end of this week…

I planted two pots of my own:

And, finally, we finished off our day with a game of Clue (Turns out it was Ms. Scarlet in the study with a rope.):

Some food from this week. Savory pretzel granola:

Sweet Potato Chickpea Cakes:

Turkey Trot Meatballs:

Baked Fish with Green Beans and Tomatoes:

Burger Salad Bowl with Bonk Burgers:

Whole Wheat Cheddar Scones: