Honeyman to Cape Lookout

Friday – April 16, 2010

Once again we are in search of that wonderful restaurant.  I check out the Auto Club Oregon Tour Book and it seems to be the “Local Fish” restaurant in Newport, OR on historical Bay Street.   That sounds like the place.  Sure enough, it is.  We park on a downhill slope  -  just in case.  We share a  Shrimp Louie salad and fish and chips.  Lin cod sautéed in panco crumbs with fries and a great slaw.  The food is just as good as we remember.

We return to the van hoping it will start.  The engine barely turns over and then quits.  This time Fred thinks it’s the battery and not the starter.  It’s an old battery and maybe time to replace it.  The closest Sears is in Salem, OR, an hour away and we decide it’s worth the trip.  It takes only 30 minutes to get a new battery and we drive back to the coast.  We are hoping this has solved the problem, but Fred still thinks the starter needs replacing and that can’t be done until we reach Seattle.

The Oregon road map has a little green tent near the town of “Netarts” so we decide to search for the campground.  We wind along a narrow road above the ocean that finally ends at a magnificent view of Cape Lookout (photo below).  We find the Cape Lookout campground on the beach.  This is now one of our favorite campgrounds.  It is a short walk to the beach where we take photos until sunset. 

Dinner is grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup – fancy, huh?  No forest tonight, just coastal waves and stars.