Continuing my series of posts about our trip to the Oregon Coast in late July to visit with our dear friends MJ and J.
(If you are just joining us you can catch the rest of the story in this series of posts (scroll down when you click the link to get to the 3 earlier stories from this trip) – Oregon Coast Adventures.)
On the second day of our trip (for the first day see Oregon Coast Adventures: First Stop -McMinnville, Oregon and Oregon Coast Adventures: Second Stop – Depoe Bay) we drove to the coastal town of Newport, Oregon to meet up with our friends.
On our way to meet up with our friends I had John stop at a “boutique” Goodwill Thrift Store. I’ve never been to one before. I chatted with the staff member who greeted me when I entered and she said they sold donated “luxury” and “upscale” items there.
It was unlike any Goodwill I’d been to before (if you are familiar with Goodwill thrift/charity shops then you know many of them are very cluttered and kind of run down looking).
Friends of our friends let us stay at their amazing vacation home in Newport. One of the owners is a quilter and the gorgeous vacation home was filled with quilts! (My kind of place to stay at!)
They even had a quilt in the master suite bathroom!
The house had a wonderful view out the back of the Newport Bridge and a lovely piece of stained glass in the entry way window:
It was nice to stay in a cozy home for a couple days on vacation with our friends as we were able to make delicious meals and have a movie night one evening. John of course made his famous “sausage and gravy” for breakfast one morning to the delight of our friends.
While in Newport we wandered around the Nye Beach area and I could not wait to get my toes in the sand and then the ocean!
The town next to the beach is charming (they have flowers everywhere!) and we had fun wandering about and of course I had to stop at the local independent bookstore!
John and my friends were very patient while I got my bookstore browsing on. They had a lovely new and used book collection.
I’ll close out this post with a couple more photos from our wandering around Newport to include some cool art made from recycled rubber tires in downtown Newport.
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I haven’t had my feet in the ocean for years! Must get on that.
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It felt awesome 😀
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These pics are terrific! Man! That bookstore, the Goodwill, the views are awesome!
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Thank you! We had a wonderful time 😀
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I hope you and your friend don’t mind, but I took a screen shot of part of one of her quilts from your photo as inspo for next year’s Ovarian Cancer effort… What a lovely trip that was, I’m exceedingly envious. Not that I’m deprived of the sea where I live, only of bookshops!
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That is awesome! I don’t actually personally know the woman whose house we were staying at because it was the house of my friends friend but I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t mind you know how us quilters are!
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Well, I suppose as they’re traditional blocks it’s probably OK, but I just wanted to be sure… And I know quilters are great at sharing.
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It looks like you had a restful and fulfilling time away. Your friend’s quilts are stunners one and all. The detail just blows me away. I’m all in for bookstores, good food, friends and the sea. I’m glad you got away.
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I did it was a wonderful time! I do love the independent bookstore! Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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What fun — and a house full of quilts to boot.
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It was a delightful trip. Thanks for stopping by. 😀
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love the repurposed tyres
and some of the thrift shops here are often more like an upmarket retail store – depending on the surburb they are in – with price tags to match!
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It was the fanciest thrift store I ever saw 😀
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Wow! What a lovely town and a lovely house! The recycled tire art is very cool, and your friend’s quilts are lovely as well! Sounds like a wonderful visit 🙂
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It was, thanks for stopping by 😀😀😀
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That sounds like a perfect little break! All the quilts are amazing, but I love the dark blue one most.
Did you buy anything in the fancy Goodwill?
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I bought a book and it was a wonderful trip, thanks for stopping by 🙂
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