Beach Cleanup and Retreat

Photo by Keith Nelson

For our (nearly) annual beach cleanup this year, we teamed up with OSU Rotaract and Newport Interact to spruce up the Nye Turnaround beach in Newport!  There was a great turnout from all three clubs, and a couple messy spots that definitely needed our care.

After the cleanup we all had lunch at the Saturday market in downtown Newport, a pretty large market with all sorts of items and foods.

The crew from UO Rotaract (Keith Nelson)

Then OSU and the Interactors went home, while our group drove to Lincoln City for our planned overnight retreat.  The main purpose was to get to know each other and have fun, but because everyone there was an officer or had just been elected for the following year, we did some planning as well.

After we arrived at our AirBnB and settled in, we walked around on the Lincoln City beach.  Then we came back and made dinner together--pretty good for college students!  The house was an old manufactured home that felt like grandparents' houses, complete with thick carpet, shell-shaped bathroom sinks, and a broken record player.

Then, a little before dusk, we went out to the beach with some firewood and s'mores ingredients.  There is something special about a fire on the beach!