I wanted to rent a place where we could bring our Chihuahua, Maximus, and also have a kitchen. I can not believe how much money rooms and/or houses cost. We’re talking $250 plus a night! So I’m frantically checking availability and cost a few months back and come across a motel that also has some cottages and a Vintage duplex. We can rent one of the duplex units for only $99/night. Now normally, I would be freaking at even that cost, but I’m thinking kitchen, dog-friendly, indoor swimming pool, on the beach with a great view – it’s a steal! We were on the lower level of this place with someone on the top floor only one night.
Well vintage means poorly maintained dump hehe. I’ve lived in old dumps before so I’m not caring, but the bed was painful as hell. The boys’ bed was the same, but they’re 7 and 5 so they know no joint and muscle pain yet. My husband and I were so uncomfortable we didn’t sleep well the whole trip. And that didn’t mean we stayed up all night having sex because even the sex was painful in that bed lol - we ended up using the bedroom wall a lot.
Anyway, the reason we wanted a kitchen is obvious, but also because we go crabbing when we’re at the beach and I need a stove to boil them. Crabbing is one of my favorite things to do, especially in Newport Oregon.
They have this huge dock that extends out into the bay (the pic shows a bit of the dock), and after you throw your rings into the water, you get to meet people from all over also crabbing or fishing. You walk the dock, share stories, look at each other’s catches, and watch the children have a blast with the crabs, fish, and sea stars we sometimes haul up. There are even sea lions swimming below trying to get the bait. We caught some beautiful Dungeness crab for dinner that night.
We just got back from our trip the other day and a friend sent me an email discussing the Ocean Dome in Japan. Have you seen this email? At first I was thinking that it wasn’t real and went to check the urban legends references, but it is real amazingly enough. It’s part of the Sheraton Seagaia Resort in Miyazaki Japan.
Ocean Dome has its own flame-spitting volcano, crushed white marble "sand", and it also boasts the world's largest retractable roof, providing a permanently blue sky with white puffy clouds. Temperature, wind and humidity are closely controlled. Every hour, the volcano erupts and the hi-tech wave machines start up, starting a few minutes of surfing. Entrance cost is $50 per person. You’ll notice in the picture that it’s right next to the real beach. I’ll take real beach any day, rain or shine.
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That sounds great- welcome back! mmmm...crabs!
Sea lions are good eatin' too, but it's hard to drag them so far uphill,them being so heavy. Perhaps when the boys are older.
The Ocean Dome thing...I call it Godzilla Bait.
Some of the things the Japanese have come up with are truly innovative--and some are truly scary. I especially love how the dome is right on the beach. Hilarious. Too bad about the duplex; it looks really nice in the picture.
lol Godzilla bait.
I know, that's what kills me. 300 meters from the beach.
The duplex did look ok in the picture and that's what set the hook, but the inside is a wee bit different hehe.
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