Day 169

Happy Father's Day to you all you dads out there!  I have to admit, I woke up this morning, feeling a little meloncholy, and missing my dad.  It is such a shame to scroll through Facebook and look at all my friends who are missing their dads...too many of them are gone!

Despite feeling a little blue...it's still my mini-honeymoon, so...on to brighter things.  When I woke up this morning I threw on some clothes and headed across the street in the drizzle to get coffee and pastries for Rob and I.  So, we ate and drank, and got ourselves ready for the day.

In my online search of 'goings-on' in the area, in addition to the Muscles and Chrome in Seaside, I discovered Ocean Park was having their annual Garlick Festival this weekend as well.  And, I also noticed that Astoria has a Sunday Market...so this became our agenda for today.

We hit the Astoria Market first, and basically just did a walk-through.  There was some cool and intersting things, but not much we needed or wanted...except a new collar for Lucy.  Then we crossed over into Washington and headed up the Long Beach Peninsula.  It was a nice drive, and one Rob is pretty sure he'd never seen, so it was good that we did it...and I was able to show him a few of the things I'm familiar with.  When we arrived at the Garlick Festival, it was a bit of a bust...rather small, not a whole lot going on - I mean Garlick Ice Cream...really?  But that was ok, 'cause the little bit of sight-seeing and the drive itself was enjoyable.

By the time we headed back down the Peninsula, Rob and I were getting hungry, so we stopped in Long Beach at Castaways and had a late lunch/early dinner.  Another good meal we had!  Oh, but wait...before we ate, we did the MUST of Long Beach and took a tour of Marsh's Free Museum...home of Jake the Alligator Man!

After we ate, we headed back to our room...both of us a little sad because tomorrow we leave.  It has all gone by too quickly, and we both really love it here...hopefully we'll be back soon.