We checked out of our room this morning, walked to the bakery Sea Level, picked up breakfast and headed for the beach. And then we enjoyed breakfast there for about 30 seconds. Then the first sea gull arrived. And brought all 33 friends with her. So while we tried to enjoy the sunny morning and our food and coffee they stared at us and fought over first row. We were surrounded by birds. Nothing to do - they stayed as long as we had food. And then they reluctantly left.
We walked down the far end of the beach for about 1½ hours and then back again. When we made it back to the hotel the tide was coming in, the sun was shining and that ocean looked just too tempting - so we got our swim suits and jumped into the waves. The last swim on the Northern hemisphere this time - and how good that was. Nothing like a sand beach, salt water and some waves.
First stop on the way was Malene's first high school, from when she was an exchange student in ´94-´95,
Westview High School in Portland where we spent an hour taking a few pictures and looking at all the kids rehearsing music, sports and whatever they did in the afternoon. Then we had a quick flyby at Malene's first home - it looked different from 20 years ago.
We headed east towards Gaston and Malene's host mom - Vicky and hostdad Denny. The driving directions we had gotten indicated a location in the country side. It was. We had a very warm welcome when we made it to their wonderful house which sits on a hill side overlooking the valley, the mountains and the sun setting to the west.
Dinner was ready when we arrived and then it was time for catching up on the last 20 years.
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| Cannon Beach |
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| Breakfast with seagulls |
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| Westview Highschool |
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| The first house Malene lived in in Portland |
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| Getting closer to Gaston |
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