We've been in Gold Beach now for about a week and a half and it's all coming back to me.  How much I love the beach - whether it's a southern California flat, warm one or the rocky Pacific Northwest ones.  There is something about watching the waves crash onshore, the birds playing in the wind, and the ever-changing sand sculptures that literally calms my soul.  I've missed this.

Of course, along with that there is the rain.  Which means lots and lots of wet coats and wet, muddy shoes to deal with without the luxury of a mudroom.  We do keep our awning out - at least partially - to create a 'safe zone' as much as possible; but it doesn't always (normally?) rain vertically here.  I'm thinking a simple outside coat rack may show up soon on our front 'porch'.  And some kind of 'shoe garage' is definitely needed!!

After a rocky start (rocky - get it??) our cell service (and therefore internet!) seems to be working well most of the time.  The closest Sprint cell tower signal has to reach down around the bridge and turn left in front of the mountain to get to us and it took a few days to figure out how to do that.  But - knock, knock - it's been strong enough to download movies that past couple of days.  (Yes, it takes all night to download the whole movie, but I can life with that!!  Consistency - even if it's not 4G - makes me happy.)

So look forward for more pictures, more posts (as least from me...<cough cough>) because I truly do enjoy working on this website.  It's just too frustrating when we don't have a wifi signal that can handle uploading more than 1 picture an hour, you know??