It's been a few days since my last update. We've been without wi-fi for the past week, but we have been quite busy. First, Nell & Dave & us visited Craig & Barb Roberts in Florence, OR. We went for several drives along the coast and also went out on the dunes for a tour on a "dune-bus"

Jan & I then went 40 miles up the coast to Newport, OR. The first thing that we did was head to the "Bay Front" to meet the official Newport welcoming committee. We visited with Ron & Sandy Hunter. We met them in Kino Bay this past winter. Their friends, Tom & Kay were also there & we had met them in Kino also. They took us around for more sightseeing. Lighthouses and some interesting tidal pools.

Yaquina Head Light

We spent 2 days visiting with Dave & Deanna Dahlberg, friends from St. Lucas back in Milwaukee. Dave was a teacher at St. Lucas and moved to the west coast 6 years ago. We haven't seen them since then, so it was great to spend some time with them. They took us out exploring the coast again, this time north or Lincoln City. We had some wonderful expeiences. We saw our first whale and saw a family of periguine falcons nesting on a cliff. We also had a young eagle soar about 30 feet over our heads. Unfortunately, we did not get pictures of any of them. The whale was quite far out & we needed binoculars to see it. The falcons were also too far away. We couldn't even see them with the binoculars, but there was a guy from Oregon DNR monitoring them & he had a powerful spotting scope that enabled us to see them. There were 3 babies in the nest & the male was feeding them. The female had been in the nest, but flew off when the male returned with the meal for the young-uns. Jan had the camera when the eagle flew over, but was too busy looking at it & forgot to get a picture. We also went to the "world famous" Tillamook Cheese Factory (in Tillamook) and bought some cheese (very good, even though it's not made in WI.) We took a hike to a waterfall with them also.

Munson Falls

Mears Point Light