Sun, Otters, Beer.

We were taken up by the rare sunny day and we went to Newport to visit of the prime tourist destinations on this part of the coast, the Oregon Coast Aquarium. And a very nice one it was - although it is worth noting that one of the more popular exhibits is the California sea otter tank (sea otters no longer exist in the wild in Oregon, the last one having been killed just northo of town, circa 1905). Afterwards we stumbled into the factory/bar/restaurant of the Rogue Brewery, just down the road. Here we had a wonderful lunch, and were enticed by friendly folks to buy more beer than we are likely to comsume anytime soon.
We stopped by the ranch late in the day to say goodbye to Joe, who tomorrow is going south to attend graduate school in California.