Winter on the Oregon Coast....Rainy, Windy, Snow and Sun!

Pacific Shores Motorcoach Resort
Newport, OR
High 50, low 48
Rain, Rain, Rain

After beating feet to get back to our spot in Newport before the roads were risky, we breathed a sigh of relief as we settled back in just in time.  

Tuesday was rain, Wednesday was wind and Thursday was once again Snow!  Lots of snow.  The temps dropped down to the teens and the rains came.  Along with the snow we enjoyed frozen rain, making everything slick and walking was out of the question.  For 5 days we holed up in the toasty warm Beast, watching the Winter Blast coverage on TV, surfing the web and just being flat out lazy.  Portland and Salem got hit hard with roads and I-5 closed.  It was just safer and cozier to stay inside.

My little flowers are cold

Frozen rain everywhere

There is a little patch of sun out there

We had flocks of these killdeer after the snow, along with thrushes and geese on the resorts little golf course

Gidget bird watches from my lap

On Sunday, the sun poked out, bringing warm temps and blue skies.  Good thing since the pups were going a little crazy and really missed their walks on the beach.  We spent the morning just walking and letting them play.  We saw a couple of paddle boarders out in the waves enjoying the warmer day.

For today and the next 10 days, the blue skies are gone and the winds are back with a vengeance.  We are expecting 70MPH gusts tonight, so the slides will be coming in and the satellite will be coming down.  We'll have to miss the Olympic coverage tonight, instead watching movies.  Right now we have pouring rain, sometimes straight down and sometimes sideways.  I'll take the rain, since it means I am on the coast and everything is green and lush!