Vacation - Oregon Coast, Lincoln City
The past few days with the Lees at Gleneden Beach were great; lots of single-deck pinochle, various trips to Newport and grocery stores, puzzle building (and puzzle screaming), kite flying, and LOTS of food were had. The Lees had to leave Friday morning, leaving Chris and I on our own. We did some laundry to save some time upon our return to Seattle, packed up our stuff and moved a whopping 6 miles north on highway 101 to The Inn at Spanish Head (www.spanishhead.com) smack-dab in the center of Lincoln City, OR.
The Inn at Spanish Head is NICE. From the road it doesn't look like much, but the building itself is 10 stories in height and built within the rock. Every room has a panoramic view of the ocean - slide open the door and wa-lah - crushing wave after wave, sandy beach for miles, and totally unobstructed. Our room is apparently a suite with a huge living area, a full sized kitchen with island, a bedroom with a king-sized bed, and a full bathroom. The room may cost more but it is so worth it. As I sit here and look around I count 6 soft chairs, 2 kitchen stool-chairs, and one full sized sofa in the living area alone and there is still a bunch of room for whatever you need. There is this tunnel that runs under 101 that connects the parking lot to the hotel so no worries about turning left, etc. Like I said VERY nice. I notice that the rooms have the ability to connect via adjacent doorways so it would be fun to have a bunch of people with rooms connected to have one monstrous view of the ocean as you walk from room to room.
We checked in Friday afternoon and immediately had a cocktail in the lounge - fresh squeezed lime in a perfectly muddled mint and sugar mixture made for one smashing mojito. After that we dined at Fathoms which is the hotel's restaurant. We were pleasantly surpised by the quality of the food. Saturday morning we had room service - again exquisite food and not a bad price for smoked salmon omelette and a northwest skillet (ham and shrimp with fluffy eggs and cheese). After breakfast we walked along the beach for a couple hours, came in to wash the sand off of our glasses and took off for the outlet mall and the rest of Lincoln City. We came back for a late lunch with again what we believe to be not only the best deal for hot sandwiches (both were $11 to $13 each), but the best club and best tuna melt -- EVER. Chris took pictures and I will post the pictures of these sandwiches (better than Gillian's, yes Joe believe it) when I get copies. Both sandwiches came with your choice of hand-cut fries (not as good as my Dad's, but hey still delicious) and home-made hot potato chips. After stuffing ourselves and putting away our leftovers we went out yet again to the beach in a feeble attempt to fly a miniature kite.
And now...I am blogging and Chris is taking more photos. Tomorrow is the beginning of our return to real life with a 5+ hour drive home.
The Inn at Spanish Head is NICE. From the road it doesn't look like much, but the building itself is 10 stories in height and built within the rock. Every room has a panoramic view of the ocean - slide open the door and wa-lah - crushing wave after wave, sandy beach for miles, and totally unobstructed. Our room is apparently a suite with a huge living area, a full sized kitchen with island, a bedroom with a king-sized bed, and a full bathroom. The room may cost more but it is so worth it. As I sit here and look around I count 6 soft chairs, 2 kitchen stool-chairs, and one full sized sofa in the living area alone and there is still a bunch of room for whatever you need. There is this tunnel that runs under 101 that connects the parking lot to the hotel so no worries about turning left, etc. Like I said VERY nice. I notice that the rooms have the ability to connect via adjacent doorways so it would be fun to have a bunch of people with rooms connected to have one monstrous view of the ocean as you walk from room to room.
We checked in Friday afternoon and immediately had a cocktail in the lounge - fresh squeezed lime in a perfectly muddled mint and sugar mixture made for one smashing mojito. After that we dined at Fathoms which is the hotel's restaurant. We were pleasantly surpised by the quality of the food. Saturday morning we had room service - again exquisite food and not a bad price for smoked salmon omelette and a northwest skillet (ham and shrimp with fluffy eggs and cheese). After breakfast we walked along the beach for a couple hours, came in to wash the sand off of our glasses and took off for the outlet mall and the rest of Lincoln City. We came back for a late lunch with again what we believe to be not only the best deal for hot sandwiches (both were $11 to $13 each), but the best club and best tuna melt -- EVER. Chris took pictures and I will post the pictures of these sandwiches (better than Gillian's, yes Joe believe it) when I get copies. Both sandwiches came with your choice of hand-cut fries (not as good as my Dad's, but hey still delicious) and home-made hot potato chips. After stuffing ourselves and putting away our leftovers we went out yet again to the beach in a feeble attempt to fly a miniature kite.
And now...I am blogging and Chris is taking more photos. Tomorrow is the beginning of our return to real life with a 5+ hour drive home.
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