Fall Trip '06 — Day 3 



Pictures for this entry can be found here.

Spent most of the day heading down the coast and we started off a couple blocks from the hotel in the shopping district of Seaside. Took pictures on the beach and of the statue at the Historic Turnaround circular drive at the end of the beachside promenade. I bought Lynda some earrings in a Celtic shop called "A Stor" a couple blocks off the beach in Cannon Beach.

We started running into more rain and fog below Cannon Beach. Stopped for gas on the south side of Tillamook, but didn't get any cheese. Stopped in a myrtlewood shop in Girabaldi (a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem) and found a nice kaleidoscope. The going was slow from here to Newport, with fog wisping across the road, clouds not making up their mind whether they were going to rain or not and US 101 getting more twisted the farther down the road we went. We stopped in Depoe Bay to make reservations with the whale-watching charter company, but they weren't very positive about going out due to heavy seas.

We arrived at the Newport La Quinta on the south side of town and over the bridge by the Aquarium , in the rain, famished. We went back up 101 hoping to find something, a task made difficult by the fact that none of us knew of a good restaurant from previous visits. Lynda spotted a sign for Georgies, an on-property restaurant for Hallmark Resorts. Lynda was wanting a restaurant with an ocean view, and she sure got it. The sun was setting through heavy, but broken clouds and huge waves were crashing on the beach and the restaurant is close enough to feel the vibrations faintly through the floor. We ordered our food and just kind of drooled at the trays being carried by; everything on them just looked wonderful. Thankfully, our wait was mercifully short — my 3-cheese fettuccini alfredo was up among the top two or three I have ever had; rich, creamy and full of flavor with the pasta perfectly cooked. Lynda ordered the pecan-encrusted tilapia — this was the first time she had ever had tilapia — she thought the tilapia was excellent and will be ordering it again, but wasn't a big fan of the pecans and wound up scraping most of it off. Heather had the deep-fried prawns and was very happy with her choice, but eventually had the plate away due to an overabundance of food. The tab was surprisingly small considering the view, quantity and quality of food. Check Georgies out if you are ever in Newport.

Back to the hotel and crashed, long day. 

Posted: Tue - September 19, 2006 at 12:41 PM          

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