Newport Oregon

We spent 4 days in Newport.  The main goal was for the guys to go deep sea fishing.  They left bright and early on Tuesday morning, had to at the docks by 6:00 am.  The wives were able to sleep in and have a leisure breakfast.

In Newport we stayed at the Best Western which is right on Agate Beach, we all got water view rooms with small balconies.  No air conditioners in the room, so we just opened the sliding door and let the cool ocean breeze cool the room.  It was very relaxing and we slept very well.

While the guys were fishing, we took a taxi down to the Bayfront to meet them later on, we did some shopping.  They were done fishing at 12:00pm and all three said never again.  They all caught fish.  They caught 11 fish, 2 crabs and 3 sick men.  The water was so rough that they all got seasick.  Of all the fish they caught they only kept four fillets for all of us to eat.  Marty caught the first, Gary caught the biggest and Ron caught the most.  Ron also rented a couple of crab traps but he was only allowed to keep 2, had to throw all the females back.  The guys donated the rest of the fish to the crew on the boat.  No way we could get that home and shipping would have cost a fortune.

We found the restaurant that would cook the fish for us.  The rest of Tuesday was spent at the motel, all the guys took naps and we just relaxed which was nice.

On Wednesday we rode north and made our way to Tillamook.  Toured the cheese factory, ate some ice cream and bought some cheese for snacks in our rooms.  We ate a late lunch in Lincoln City at Mo's.  Their claim to fame is the best clam chowder, but I actually liked the chowder at the restaurant in our motel.

Since our lunch was so late, we didn't eat supper just snacked on cheese and crackers in the room with cocktails.  It was very good.

Thursday we rode south to Coos Bay to stop at the Harley Dealership.  We made several stops to enjoy the scenery and photo ops.  We had to get back to Newport before the fishing place closed to pick up the fish the guys caught.  It was on this morning that the fog was thick, we couldn't see the beach from the motel.

We took a taxi down to the Bayfront, got the fish took to the restaurant.  They cooked the fish 4 different ways, battered, blackened, baked and deep fried.  We were charged $10 per plate, we got a salad, the fish with fries.  It was all we could do to eat.  I liked the fish equally but my favorite was the blackened and baked.  The fish that we kept was ling cod and it was very tasty, not fishy at all.  Didn't stay out too late on Thursday, had to repack everything and start making our way home.

Agate Beach view from our room

Bayfront

Fishing rules

Our fish dinner