Newport 7/2012

We are at Whaler’s Rest TT in South Beach OR. We found a good spot to park we even have cell phone service although internet is spotty and slow.

The site was fairly level and room for the slides and awnings.

Just getting set up.

Got the bird feeders hung and Dick set up a water drip for them. We had the Chickadees come in and a small squirrel that enjoyed the feeder and the water.

We walked to the beach most everyday during low tide.We came across these strange looking things in the sand and rocks. Later we found out what they were.

It is a sand flea (yes, look it up). I always thought sand fleas were the tiny things that jump ahead of you when you walk through the wet sand.

On another walk we found these bushes covered with berries. The manager of the park knew what they were and that you could eat them.

They are called Black Twinberry. Here you can see why, they grow 2 berries close together.

They are also called Bearberry Honeysuckle because bears like them. Honeysuckle would lead you to believe that they are sweet but they are not. We did go out the next day and pick a bunch to take to Dick’s mom so she can make some jelly.

On another day we drove to Agate Beach to see if we could see what progress they were making in getting the Japanese dock (part of the tsunami debris) off the beach. We could not see much from the road.

News truck from KGW was parked at the wayside.

Next we have reservations for our first ever kayak trip.