Road Trip 2013 - Day Thirteen, Continued

We rolled in to Gold Beach, Oregon around 4 pm. We originally thought we would get to Brookings, located 30 miles down the road. This is July 4th week and Dave was getting a little anxious about finding a room. We had researched our options the night before and wanted to get a look at them in person. At the southern end of town we stopped to have a committee meeting. We were right outside of the Ireland Rustic Cottages which are rated number one on TripAdvisor. One look and we knew Donna wouldn't pick this one. The rest of us went for it. They look like log cabins, very funky. As we're standing in the office the phones are ringing and people are coming in after us and standing in line. We took three rooms. Donna balked and then jumped in. We think this may be our favorite hotel on this trip.

We all met on the balcony (it was still too windy to take advantage of the large decks and picnic tables) for cocktails and dinner. Remember our abandoned plans for a picnic lunch? We modified the plan and it became a picnic dinner. We had a spectacular view. There was a family of deer romping through the brush. Dave and I weren't moved since we have them at home and consider them antlered rats, but the others enjoyed watching the baby. There were four whales just beyond the lighthouse that spouted, breeched, and hung around for at least 30 minutes.

After dinner some of us headed over to the hot tubs. There were three and we had one all to ourselves.

Dave had a horrible night. His sinuses were draining and he just couldn't stay asleep. He ended up moving to one of the big recliners (yep, our room had two huge comfy recliners) where he was able to get enough sleep so he could function the next day. We loved this place and would return.