Overnight Guest

Pacific City had an unusual overnight guest last night. Here at The Craftsman B&B, our guests were very normal. The unusual guest was the Coast Guard helicopter. Now we see the Coast Guard every day. They fly over, along the beach, fly over the runway in town and about once a week, they land at one end of the airstrip and taxi down to the other end, clearing the debris and sand off the runway. It's gets a little noisy when they do this, but it sounds pretty cool, it is a jet after all.

So yesterday, I hear them land and taxi, but they were here for 15 minutes, a little long. Mike and I went to investigate. The crew was looking at the tail section, and if you know anything about how a helicopter flies, you know that the tail rotor is pretty darn important. So later on in the day, another crew flew in and, I guess picked up the stranded crew. This morning, the crew arrived in style and they have been working on the broken 'copter all morning.

I sure hope they get it fixed soon. It will be a busy weekend, when crazy people come to the beach for the 4th, crazy things happen. The Coast Guard is always at the ready to help. Fisherman in trouble, hikers off the trail, they got us covered and we thank them for it.

So how much do we like the Coast Guard? Here is a part, over the front door, of our mural we painted in the living room.

And now for a close-up.

I'm glad we have a safe place for them to land when, I assume, their dashboard lit up with the warnings. Nothing more embarrassing than rescuers needing rescue. Of course, not as funny as a tow truck getting stuck, and we come to the rescue, but that's another story.