Monday, April 26, 2010

Seaside, OR, April 21-23, 2010





























Amber and Chris treated us to a two-night stay at the World Mark Resort in Seaside, OR, Wednesday April 21st and Thursday April 22nd. We had a great time and even became World Mark time-share owners - so now we have to go out into the world and see some of it instead of staying home all the time. We were given a handicap room - supposedly because it was "space available", but we suspect that when Amber made our reservations she probably told the resort her "infirm" parents were coming and needed all the help they could get. In the bathroom there was a seat in the shower, there were hand rails all over the place, and the sink was positioned so we could get our wheelchairs right up to it. Doors and passageways in the unit were extra wide so we could easily get around in our wheelchairs or with our walkers, without banging into things. The resort is pretty big, eight stories, and while we did not have a room right on the ocean side, we did have a view of the ocean from our balcony and living room.

We had dinner Wednesday night at Big Foot's Restaurant, had a couple of other meals at Pig 'n Pancakes, and also tried out the local Subway for lunch on Thursday. It was very windy, often overcast, and cool, but we did enjoy the sunbreaks when they happened - very typical of the Oregon beaches. Seaside has a lot of great older homes, fixed up as motels - I took photos of a two-story yellow house across the street from where we stayed.

We really enjoyed the time in Seaside and plan to use the World Mark Resort on the OR coast in Depot Bay for our next getaway.

Easter Sunday - 2010




























































Wow, my last post was in January - guess I got way behind. But, at least, here is Easter 2010. After church, we drove to Hood River to the home of Steven, Christina, Alora, and Elijah Springer. The Korenthals, Chris, Amber, Isaac, and Abigail, were there too. We had a wonderful day, eating, watching the kids hunt Easter Eggs, visiting, and just enjoying each other's company. Christina cook the best ham, and I was lucky enough to be able to brings some of it home . . . .

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