This house is also in Coquille. It's another wonderful, old, Victorian. Michelle used to have a friend who lived in this house & the interesting thing about it is that it has a lot rooms & you can close off all of them. I believe this was so that it was easier to keep heated in the winter.
How can you not love this house? It has a turret, wrap around porch, bay windows, and loads of charm.
House #4 is in Coquille. Michelle lived next door to this house for a brief time when she was little & fell in love with the house then. It was yellow at that time and belonged to some family friends. Michelle would get up in the morning walk next door & stay all day in the house for no other reason than that she loved this house. She never quite got over it. It was for sale about 12 years ago & she almost talked Gregg into buying it & moving to Coquille, but alas common sense finally kicked in...they both work in Coos Bay & again, while it has a two car carport, there's not nearly enough room for the cars here.
And again, I know another Victorian! I swear there will be some homes on the list that aren't, but come on, how can you beat this type of house? So while this house may be #4 on my list, it's still #1 in Michelle's heart.
Yesterday was the Cool Coastal Nights car show & cruise in Winchester Bay. It was also Doug's 16th birthday!
We absolutely LOVED this little pickup at the carshow. There were lots of great cars & pickups. Michelle is just convinced that we need a Rat Rod now.
Doug drove during the cruise. Here we are just about ready to start. We took our 1964 Ford Falcon convertible to the cruise. Of course by the time the cruise started, the fog had rolled in...love coastal weather, if you don't like what it's doing now, just wait 5 mins.
Here I am trying to help Doug navigate. You can see some of the cool cars & rods that were part of the cruise.
And, Doug won a prize! We got the last award of the night! It was a great 16th birthday present for him. Although, I think he liked the pizza for dinner the best.
We went to the Burn Out Contest is Winchester Bay last night. It's exactly what it sounds like, it's a burn the tires off the back of your car contest. Several cars popped one or both of their back tires & had to "reload" before the next round of competition. They do this every year just before their "Cool August Nights" car show & cruise.
This is Andy...he won the competition.
And this is our friend Donny who ended up popping four tires before the night was through. He came in 2nd place, but it was very close w/two vote offs before Andy was declared the winner. We still think that Donny was robbed...he popped one more tire than Andy, and didn't break his car.
Look at all the tire smoke!
After the birthday party we decided to go out & watch our friend Al drive his Sprint car on the dirt circle track. They run three classes:4 cylinders, street stock, and late models.
This is Al's car before it got all banged up. He spent a year & a half getting his car done. This is his 2nd race. He was in a horrible crash, but still managed to finish the race & get third place. Unfortunately the only straight panel that was left on his car is the passenger door...even the roof got dented!
Here is one of the late models going around the turn. Most of them have the front tire lift up like this. We had a lot of fun at the races, even though Al's crash was scary. Riley got to sing the National Anthem again too!
Riley's birthday was last Sunday, Doug's birthday is next Saturday, so...today we had the first ever joint Doug/Riley birthday party. Before, Michelle has always made sure they each get their own party, but this year our weekends are just too booked. We were in Woodburn for Riley's birthday, and Doug's birthday weekend is the big car doin's in Winchester Bay, Michelle has to work tomorrow, so that left today. Riley was at one end of the table & Doug at the other. It actually worked out okay, until Rosie got stung on the lip by a yellow jacket. The good news is, is that Riley doesn't need any more clothes for school & Doug only needs another couple pairs of jeans! Oh yeah, and we gotta finish school supply shopping this week, cuz we gots coupons! And tonight we get to go watch circle track racing!
Here is another house in town that Michelle has coveted since she was 18 yrs old. This house was first yellow & cream when Michelle fell in love with it, but the new owners repainted it & it turned out just awesome! The blue with pink & white trim is beyond lovely. They also re-landscaped the yard & took out the overgrown mature bushes & trees, and replaced them with the lovely annuals & perennials along the edges of the yard.
I know, another Victorian, we can't seem to help ourselves. If any of them came with a big garage & enough parking Gregg would just have to tolerate an old house and move with us, but since even this one on a large corner lot has just 2 car garage & limited parking we'll have to keep looking.
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