It is only a short walk, less than a block, to the beach where I enjoyed this beautiful sunset on our first night.
We have made our rounds to the usual places, the library and visitor's center, and then visited the cultural center and local museum. The museum was quite well laid out with good displays about early life in the region. The glass floats that float over from Japan intrigued me.
Some even have the Japanese Fisherman's name painted on them. The city has capitalized on this fact and focuses on glass in their glass blowing shops or shop where you can learn to fuse glass. Much of the year they set out glass floats on the beach for people to find.
The Connie Hansen Garden was a a pleasant stop where we wandered in the free garden that once was just someone's back yard. After she died volunteers kept her project alive.
Devil's Lake is a water paradise where we stopped one day at Regatta Park for a picnic. Indian tradition is that once some boats were swallowed by long arms that came out of the water and hence the name.
It drains to the ocean along the world's shortest river, according to Guiness, the D River. I had to have my picture made in front of the D River and ocean for a geocache I was doing in the D State Park where the kite festival was held for two days. I was helping one of the local ladies put up the flags for the event. Notice it is June - not early June - and I am wearing a jacket!
We arrived at 7 since we had nowhere else to be and got a front row parking spot for the event which lasted from 10-4. The kite flying set to music was amazing but we were disappointed that there wasn't enough wind for the big kites to fly as we had seen the previous day.
Kite flyers from all around the region participated including the kid who participated on America's Got Talent on tv.
Lincoln City was formed from five smaller cities in close proximity along highway 101. In the historic Taft Area we checked out the beach and Siletz Bay, a popular place for fishing, crabbing and clamming. I was going to go to a workshop on clamming and then go with the group in the bay but decided not to. I wasn't in the mood for getting dirty and let the casino fix my clams at their seafood buffet on Friday night instead. It is hard to see but the far bank is lined with sea lions. The bay is home to about 100.
Sir Francis Drake explored this area in 1572 and in 1837 tourists came here. The area has a history of logging and fishing. The Siletz Indians were native to the region and own the casino. Everyone we have met in town is quite friendly. I understand the weather can be quite nasty but it was sure beautiful for us. I would like to go to the outlet mall, learn to fuse glass, hike to the nearby waterfall and much more but there comes a time to move north. Our final night was a magnificent fireworks display at the casino to celebrate their 18th year. The following morning I looked for glass balls and other objects that the chamber of commerce was supposed to hide on the beach but never found any as I think they had not come yet. But I sure did find treasures on the rocks in the tide pools. I can't imagine how beautiful the colors are when the tide comes back in.
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