A little over a year and half ago Art and Kay our neighbors introduced us to Ravi Croak. He lives a couple of doors north of the Bakery and had been the helper for the resident who lived there. Although an experienced carpenter and handy person he had been dealt a couple of curves in his life. Art had Ravi doing some jobs for him and let most of us on Shady Pine’s know about him. Although a bit gruff sounding, we quickly found him to be a real help in getting projects done around the Sunset Beach/Surfpines area. He is the hardest worker and honest. Since then he has built at…

Here is some interesting History for Surf Pines. The Krohn’s house at the west end of Horizon and the two homes on either side have something in their back yard! Turns out that the Bark Galena, a ship that ran aground on November 11, 1906, is actually laying in the back yard of all three neighbors. This is based on some old tax maps I found. The reason it seems so far up the dunes is do to the fact that in 1906 the beach actually came up close to where the homes are now. The beach has credited over 1000 feet in the last 70 years. This is mostly a result…

This sounds like a great way to get out of the house and share some safe time with your neighbors .

There is a site that allows all Oregon residents to confirm that their vote has been received and processed. Go to https://sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/myvote.aspx?lang=en and click on the Go to My Vote Now button to check to see if your ballot was sent or received. To log in you need your First and Last names and date of birth. As you can see from the two attachments below, that we were registered and the status of our votes. I blocked out personal addresses for this post but thought people might like to see what it looks like. I believe this is similar in most states. Annie and I mailed our ballots out last Saturday…

Yesterday as we were walking north on Shady Pines RD we saw this at the north east side of Shady pine RD about 30 feet north of Brent and Julie Seppa’s home. It has been identified as bear scat and is about 1 to 2 days old. Since the other bear was removed about three weeks ago this begs the question, whether this is the same bear who has returned or another new visitor. At any rate please be careful with your pets and young ones.

Coming home from Freddy’s this morning and boy what a surprise. Hanging from the porch roof was a big Open Sign. We had heard from the former owners that Dough Dough Bakery from Sea Side had bought the bakery and we know someone has been living up stairs for over a month but this is hopefully some good news. We will share more after visiting the bakery. Hopefully today/

We are sad to report that Lu Thornton’s son Mark Bartholemy passed away suddenly at his Portland home weekend before last. He was 58 and has been a part of the Surf Pines family since 1978. Please share your thoughts and prayers to Lu and her family in this time of sadness.

Big Multi Family Garage Sale at Surf Pines _______________________________________________________________________ Saturday July 25, 2020 from 8-2 As many of you are aware the annual Surf Pines Garage sale was cancelled but several members still wanted to have one. So they are putting this on themselves. Tons of great stuff on what looks like a great day for a garage sale. Start at the South Gate and follow the signs. First house is at 89018 Manion the first home built in Surf Pines. Then follow the signs north. We currently have 5 homes participating but more are joining so may have many more. Please SD/Mask