A string of triple digit temperatures in the Willamette Valley motivated us to break away for an overnighter at the Oregon Coast, where temperatures were 20 to 30 degrees cooler. We left Dallas around nine in the morning on Tuesday and were back home the next morning by eight. We wedged this in between a Physical Therapy appointment on Tues morning and a Fitness Class at Dallas Retirement Village on Wednesday morning. The highlight of our trip was Sand Point Park. A small hidden away park on the eastside of Devils Lake. It only has room to park about six cars, and we enjoyed having the park to ourselves to lunch on a picnic table and watch for birds. It was kind of sandwiched into the middle of our day, stopping on the way to bird at Van Duzer Rest Area, and the Salmon River Estuary before Sand Point, and after lunch at D River Open Space, Devil's Lake State Park, and Cutler City Wetlands. Our overnight parking space was at Chinook Winds Casino in the upper parking area, a dependable quite location. My first trip driving since my shoulder surgery on May 28th, it was a real lift to my spirits.
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