August 21

Our campground cable allowed us to watch a couple Sunday news shows, after which we said our weekly prayers for the future of our republic. As I said earlier, take every opportunity you can to strike a blow for truth. We have a rocky few years ahead, and we need to relearn to share our country with our fellow countrymen. Especially those who are different than us. Country over party.

I hit a hardware and auto parts store for a few supplies, while Kari hit a grocery. We explored the old bay front in the town of Newport, probably the nicest town we’ve been in so far. It’s very cool. Nice shops and restaurants. Very picturesque. It’s also a working town, a fishing town. The harbor is full of fishing rigs, dozens of independents. We had a big lunch at Local Ocean Seafood. As always Kari had found the foodie’s hangout. She had an amazing black cod dish, I had a rockfish Italiano sandwich, and we split a halibut ceviche. Sublime…

This old man of the sea mural was very cool:

Earlier I mentioned the random yet frequent grunting from sea lions. This will give you a sense of it, this is from the sea lion dock in Newport.

We did a long beach walk to end the day, and timed the sunset perfectly. Another successful day:)