BEACH RETREAT MARCH 2010

This past weekend was the annual Beach Retreat for our home Bible study Group. Nine of us were able to get away Thursday through Sunday this year to enjoy a few days of relaxing, playing games, chowing down on gourmet meals, and considering a portion of God's beautiful seashore on the Oregon Coastline.
The two story house on the left is the rental we chose for 2010. It had several bedrooms, an office/loft room with day beds, and a pullout in the living room. Everyone had a place to snooze and the front room offered a wonderful view across empty lots to see the oncoming surf. Since the first days were rather stormy, we got in some interesting stormwatching too.

Our hideout was located in the quiet, non-commercial community of Oceanside, just north of Netarts and about ten miles west of Tillamook, Oregon. The major feature just off shore were the massive seamounts jutting out of the ocean and anchoring a fine display of wave and spray as the oncoming billows hurled themselves against the rocks.

One of the blessings (drawbacks?) of this group is the high percentage of excellent cooks and the output of fantastic meals one after another. We took enough foodstuffs for a two week stay and it seemed that as many boxes of leftovers were packed for the trip home as came on the first day. We ate and snacked ourselves into mild but europhic stupors, but that did not slow down the card games, Mexican Train, or the traditional evening of "Balderdash"!!

The only way the weekend could have been better is if the rest of the group could have come too.