OUR LOCAL STEAM ENGINE TRAIN

This steam engine runs between Garibaldi and Rockaway on the weekends. It's so cute and it has a sweet whistle that it blows at all the intersections, including the one right outside our RV Park. We love it!

LOCAL LIBRARY & LDS BRANCH HOUSE

ROCKAWAY BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT

Little to no crime here, so not much space needed to house the Police Department. We never even lock our door when we go shopping, etc. Never lock the car or our stuff outside.

MARKET IN TOWN WE REFUSE TO SHOP IN

Not the cleanest, and most of the produce is old!

TYPICAL OREGON HOMES

Of course we didn't take pics of the houses that are not kept up, but this is the typical style.

ROCKAWAY BEACH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

I've never seen a Chamber of Commerce in a Caboose!

DOWNTOWN ROCKAWAY BEACH

This is the entire town, looking North and South.

NOW HE HAS FLOWERS!

Cool fishnet too! Just wait until I get the sea shells in it.

TIME TO VOTE!

OK we need your opinion. Do you like the walk with or without the fence? We would paint the fence to match the picnic table and the stairs. Let's vote!

OK Wendy, the following post is how we walk out of the trailer and walk to the beach. The rocks you see at the end of the road are the breaker rocks, so it's just right there. You walk up the sandy steps and then down the other side is all beach where you see our chairs. Love ya.

"A Walk To The Beach"

August 16, 2010 Monday

Well we had a nice quite weekend. Today the "Project Man" is truly back at it! It's going to be so nice to have that walkway! The other day I bought the cutiest flower planter I have ever seen. Let me know what you think.

August 13, 2010, Friday (Don’t tell anybody, it’s Friday the 13^th!) ROCKAWAY BEACH

I went over to Oceanside today and my friend Mary and I went to lunch. I guess she thinks I would be more fun than her husband’s family! Ha ha. We had a real good visit and then I went home to visit “our” beach. Today is the first day that it has been sunny all day. By the time I got ready this morning the fog was already burned off and it was spectacular! Eight o’clock p.m. now and still no fog. Wow! They grow very pretty flowers here. The hydranga are beautiful and they come in so many different colors. These are just a couple of colors.

August 12, 2010, Thursday ROCKAWAY BEACH, YEAH!

Can’t believe it! I knew my friend Mary was coming to the Oregon Coast for her husband’s family reunion sometime this month, but I didn’t know exactly when or where, just that they would be on the coast. She called today and they are going to be about 20 miles south in Oceanside. Tomorrow is the first day of the reunion. Mary lives in Idaho and I don’t get to see her very often. This picture is a where's Waldo type. Can you find her?

August 11, 2010, Wednesday ROCKAWAY BEACH!

Today I took off with the truck and went shopping along the main street here in Rockaway. Can you imagine Mike didn’t want to go and do that????? Go figure???? They have a few fun and cute shops to wander around it. I didn’t buy anything, but it was fun. This is a picture of the play area before you go down onto the beach. It's neat for children, especially if you don't want them to get in the wet in the water for some reason. It has chairs for the adults and sand toys for the kids.

August 10, 2010, Tuesday ROCKAWAY BEACH

Mike is doing a great job staining the deck. It will take a couple coats. He also painted our picnic table and he even picked out the color. It’s called “Sea Gray.” I think it looks great! These are before and after pictures. Neat huh?

August 9, 2010, Monday R O C K A W A Y B E A C H

OK, this is boring. We went shopping for stuff to stain the deck out back. No kidding, that’s the highlight of the day!

August 8, 2010, Sunday ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR

Spent the morning time with the small Branch of Mormons here in Rockaway. The local missionaries spoke. It was a good meeting. Such a beautiful day today. The clouds all blew away and the sun was shinning! We spent several hours reading on the beach, had a nice roast for dinner and chilled. Hey Wendy. We walked down and took this picture just for you!

August 7, 2010, Saturday ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR

Well we had a "rainy" day today. We went to Astoria and walked around Home Depot and Costco trying to figure out what we need for the deck. We did get paint/stain for the picnic table in a "Sea Gray." And we got some stain for the existing back deck in the cedar color. We need to find a "de-humidifier" for the winter months. (Now there's a word you don't here in Utah, de-humidifier.) Nobody has any right now 'cause it's not winter. Still loving it here, even in the rain!

August 6, 2010, Friday ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR

OK now that we know we are going to be here for a year (off and on) Mike’s head just fills with… you guessed it PROJECTS! He torn down our fire pit and re-built it today on top of hauling a lot of gravel. All the supplies were supplied to us by the park! They figure if you make improvements, then when you move out, it will be that much better so they help a lot. They’re really nice here. The two couples who manage the place are very nice also. The guys have been by several times helping out and making sure Mike has everything he needs. We have a little deck at the back and Mike is going to add to it so we have decking out front as we walk from the truck into the house and out of the house to the deck. (He so loves projects!) In the meantime we using gravel.