Otis cafe and Cody's school pictures.......

Last Friday, Lorelei and I were over at the coast again fishing and having a great time. We loaded the boat at nearly dark and as usual it was time to figure out what to do about dinner. Usually we head south on 101 into Lincoln City and grab a bite, but I suggested to save some time that we could head for home and pick up something at Dairy Queen which is only about 20 minutes from our house. Lorelei agreed and we headed east right by the Otis Cafe just like we have done a hundred times in the past 16 years of living here. When we passed by I even said something about how good the food is supposed to be there. Well about 10 minutes down the road we saw sirens and lights....uh oh.....yep an accident and a bad one. We waited for a few minutes and someone came by and said that it would be a 2 hour delay! Wow....the only other way to get home would add about an hour to our normal one hour trip.

So I say to Lorelei, "we can turn around and eat at the Otis Cafe and wait for the wreck to clear". She says "Ok but how are you going to turn around with the boat on behind?". No problem says I as I crank the wheel to the left and gas it. Well the shoulder of the west bound lane was a little softer than I had figured (not a major miscalculation because of course I had a plan B). So as the right front tire of the truck begins to sink and slide off the road, Lorelei makes some sort of comment questioning my decision making. Not a problem says I as I reach down and put the truck into 4 wheel drive. I get back on the gas and thankfully I feel the tires grab and back up on the road we go. Hey I said " we are on an adventure right?". Sometimes I think Lorelei doesn't appreciate adventure like I do.

So back to the Otis Cafe . Now if you ever want to step back in time then this is the place for you. This place looks much like it did back in the 30's when it was built. Inside there are 4 booths and 2 tables plus seats at the bar. The food was great! The service was good and the company of my fishing partner was even better.
Lorelei got a burger and salad and I had the full breakfast with eggs, hash browns and homemade bread. Lorelei topped off her meal with homemade pumpkin pie and I had the fresh cinnamon roll. Wow was I stuffed. As we were finishing up we could see the line of cars coming from the east that signaled the wreck must be cleared. So we got in the rig and headed east with full bellies and another great memory.


 Then on Sunday between rain showers we convinced Cody (ok I think Lorelei bribed him) to dress up and let us take his school pictures. Below is one that I took.

Below is one of Lorelei's

You can see all of them HERE
That's about all for now.

Glynn Jr.