The making of Lincoln City's 51st Street...

... has been going on for a long long time. It's at the south end of town where the Siletz Bay goes into the ocean.

First the Indians settled there - and why not. It is a few feet from the ocean, a few feet from the bay with woods and creeks and rivers all around.

Then the home steaders settled there - and why not. It is a few feet from the ocean, a few feet from the bay with woods and creeks and rivers all around.

Now visitors are discovering it - and why not. It is a few feet from the ocean, a few feet from the bay with woods and creeks and rivers all around - plus - motels, restaurants, shops, galleries and a place you can rent crab rings or blow your own glass float.

It used to be a quiet little place called Taft but now as 51st Street, it's a happenin' place to be. Take a tip from me, winter is a good time to go there.

Luv

Sissy

Happy holidays and...

... since some think my poetry falls short of, well maybe several things, let me share one of my favorite Christmas poems with you.

"At Christmas,

A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year;

He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season's here;

Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before,

And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for.

He is less a selfish creature than at any other time;

When the Christmas spirit rules him he comes close to the sublime."

- Edgar Guest

May you feel the love that comes down at Christmas, all year long.

Luv,

Sissy

Free things to do in LIncoln City...

... Just because the sun is not shining, there are still fun things to do:

FREE THINGS TO DO IN LINCOLN CITY

It doesn't have to be expensive to be fun at the beach and Lincoln City has some fun things that don't cost anything at all. Try some of these with your friends and family! Hunt for hand-crafted glass floats on the Beach from mid-October to Memorial Day. Hunt for antique Japanese glass fishing floats on Presidents' Day Weekend. Visit the North Lincoln County Historical Museum. Admission is free in 2010. Hunt for glass sand dollars on the beach on February 20th. Watch Glass Blowing at the Jennifer Sears Glass Art Studio. Tide pool. Hike Drift Creek Falls & Cascade Head. Vist the playground and enjoy the view at Regatta Grounds Park on the lake. Walk the beach. Skateboard at Kirtsis Park. Play tennis at Dorchester Park. Visit the Connie Hansen Garden (donations appreciated). Build a bonfire on the beach and have smores. Watch the seals in Siletz Bay. Whale Watch. Storm Watch. Build a sand castle. Hunt for sea shells. Visit Driftwood Public Library for a book, audio tape, or video. Hunt for agates. Pick up beach trash and register for a glass float. Watch stunning waterfowl in Siletz Bay. Fly a kite. Visit the statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting on his horse reading a book (on 21st St just east of Highway 101 - see my October 10th blog) Now, get out and get going and let me know which of these fun things you liked best (I'm going to go over myself - smile). Let's hear it for the free "fun" things to do in Lincoln City. Luv, Sissy.

Watch this logging video and you'll want to kiss a logger...

... after you take a look at this video. These guys hauled their big equipment (and I mean big) out Highway 22 to just east of Detroit and killed two birds with one stone. They made it safer for hikers and campers to go into the woods and at the same time they made better fish habitat in the Santiam River.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmjFCoh48pM

Never underestimate what goes on in the woods. Never.

Luv,

Sissy

Columbia River gets nasty...

... makes me wonder why I left Mexico. Gosh. It did seem like such a good idea at the time.
Sunday (December 6), I drove through the Columbia River Gorge and watched the wind send waves crashing against the side of the John Day Dam. Damn!

I'm staying inside for awhile.

Luv,

Sissy