Thursday, May 28, 2015

As I sit here watching darkness fall on the Pacific Ocean at Cannon Beach I know it has been a really good day! We are in the Stephanie Inn at Cannon Beach. It's a wonderful place that hosted us for a wine and beer event from 4:00 to 5:30pm today, and is just finishing hosting an evening cocktail from 9:00 to 9:30pm. Rose and I both had a Hazelnut, Irish Whiskey, chocolate concoction that puts Bailey's Irish Cream to shame! We arrived here from Newport about 12:15pm and our room was ready so we checked in and then went downtown Cannon Beach for a walk around town. we bought Ellie a sweatshirt and Caity and Krit t-shirts that I know they will love! We got back to our room about 2:00pm and walked the beach for about an hour or so. It is flat and hard and easy to walk and wonderful!! We had a wonderful time!! We ate dinner at the beer and wine event in that we had a bunch of cheese and veggies in addition to the beer I had and the wine Rose had. Pretty sweet!! I am now eating nuts that were served with the evening cocktails...protein you know! We are not sure what we will do tomorrow. I'd like to get to Mt St Helens. We've never been there and it is on our way home if we go I-5. Or, wecould take the Washington Coast version of 101 and go all the way around the Olympic Peninsula, which we have never done. We could then take the ferry from Pt Townsend to Coupeville and then home...might be fun...we'll see how we feel about what we want to do! Can't see the ocean now but I can still hear it. Might be time to sign off and get some sleep. More tomorrow...maybe...