End of July 2019 Newport, Oregon

Pics coming:

Our first week flew by. We just tried to figure out how long we have been here and it has been 8 days.  Wow.  That is the fastest 8 days I can remember in a long time.  When I try to think about what we have done this past week all I can really remember is a lot of working.  We are both working full time plus this summer, so we haven’t been able to really enjoy summer like we would like to.  Having said that, we know how fortunate we are to have the jobs we do so we try not to complain.  Today we did an experiment.  We pottied the pups and put them and the cat into the bedroom with water, TV, air conditioning, and closed the windows/shades.  There were lights on so we could see them on the camera, but they were closed into the back 1/3 of the RV so they couldn’t bark at people passing by.  Mike and I wanted to have some time alone without them being our #1 focus.  We went to Depoe Bay and watched a couple whales and then had lunch at the brewery on the harbor.  I was worried the entire time and emailed my neighbor to ask her if 1. The RV had burned down and 2.  Are the dogs in the front window?  She assured me that neither was the case.  You’d think that would be enough for me.  No.  I still worried.  We were gone about 90 minutes total and when we returned they were alive and well.  We are just going to have to do this periodically and slowly add a bit of time so they can get used to having a few hours a day to rest without us having to be with them.  Patches was konked out in her cat bed so I think she was fine.  I’d like to think they all just laid down and slept.  Our camera wasn’t connecting so we couldn’t check.  Ugh. 

With Lula having a torn ACL, Bella isn’t able to get the exercise she needs, so we have to go separately and let her run on the beach and get her energy out while Lula rests outside the RV or inside if it is too chilly or rainy.  So far we haven’t had rain so it has been pure Heaven here.  The temps are around 68-70.  Mike is now saying that it is possible this will be our home someday.  He loves the weather, water, and scenery.  We are close enough to the girls for them to feel like we are not so far away, yet not so close that we are in their space/business.  If we ever stay in Portland we can do our own thing unless they want to hang out.  We are both Cancers and love the water too much to live full time in a big city.  Visiting will have to do.