tourist land

We have been right on the edge of the Pacific Ocean most of this week.

Lincoln City was glued together a few years ago from towns that were Delake, Oceanlake, Taft, Cutler City and Nelscott. It is a tourist town with hotels and motels and lots of houses that are for rent by the day or week.

Daughter 2 organized it, and 12 of us showed up, 13 counting a boyfriend today.

In this town the building lots are small and the houses are tall. The original houses I’d guess, were short so people across the street could see over the top to the ocean. That was then, now the ocean side houses are two or three stories tall, and each layer back strains to look over the tops.

But we can see between the houses and to the north we can see a long stretch of beach.

This is a tourist town. Most who live here are involved in the tourist (service) business.

The beach is several miles long. It is smooth sand, but it also is fairly boring. One wave is a lot like the next and the next, varie mostly on whether the tide is coming in or going out.

There are no docks, or fishing boats or the other things that really excite my camera finger.

But we had good company, good food and a good time.

I am glad it happened.