Guest comments 2002 – 2015 Date 05/13/16 Beach House at Face Rock Comments by ourGuests 2002 - 2015 2/28/15 to 4/4 2015 Charles and Andrea Weather was a nice mixture of sun, clouds, fog, rain, hail, wind and rainbows! Above average temps in March. We watched every sunset, saw many whales and enjoyed daily walks of the beach. We ate every meal here and found everything needed to prepare it – even some spices. Thank you will & Doreen for the opportunity to stay in your Beach House. We will have fond memories of our 27th anniversary! Jan 10 – Feb 4/2015 Tom & Karen First 3 weeks were awesome. Then came the storms, driving rains with winds up to 90 mph. Large waves crashing against the rocks & seagulls tossed in the air. Lots of golf at Bandon Dunes & Bandon Crossings. Hikes at New River & the South Slough Estuary. Bandon Dunes has some great trails also. Shark Bites Seafood Cafe' in Coos Bay. Bandon Ranch Viajo. Bandon Baking Co * Dell\i good eats. Great ice cream at the Langlois Market.... We so enjoyed our time i Bandon. Thank you will & Doreen for sharing this magical spot. Look forward to our 10th return next year. Oct 18th – November 8th 2014 the Fosters Very rainy & warm. Just a few sunny days. Walking on the beach with a (-) tide. Mussels wonderful. Nice it is OK to gather them. Crabbing not as good. Too much fresh water so the locals say. Farmers Market is a wonderful spot. Wonderful fresh fish at the fish market. Great restaurants: Blue Pacific Pacific our favorite lunch spot. Great fish menu at the Wheel House and the Edgewater is a great spot for dinner. This is our 8th or 10th year in Bandon & one of the many hears at the Beach House. View .. Fantastic! Our 52nd year for being together. Hard to believe! We are from such a dry area, we actually enjoy the rains. That didn't hold us back at all. Do love walking the beach & watching the different waves! Oct 18th – 25th 2014 Jeff & Deb Beautiful sunny, chilly, rainy, 50's -60's and one really excellent rain storm. We could barely tell the difference between the sea and sky! We took a trip to the Redwoods on a drizzly day and we are so glad we did – Unbelievable! We love Bullard's Beach – long stretch of sand! The dunes were amazing. Coming from the corn fields in MN, we were amazed at the rocks – ocean -the beached. Se loved the coast. Great restaurants: Best chowder at Bandon Fish Market – good and ample portions for breakfast at Minute Cafe – The wheelhouse was a pleasant dinner surprise – We ate VERY well and as much fish and seafood as we could. Our visit was a celebration of our 40th anniversary and we loved every moment. Having this little home as our anchor to return to helped to make our visit especially comfortable. Thank you very much !! We hope to return to Oregon's wonderful, awesome coast. 9/6-13 / 2014 Pete & Karen pf Claskanie. OR Weather was foggy upon arrival but sunny and spectacular Monday – Saturday. Beautiful!!! it was perfectly calm all of Friday. This was our kind of visit and after a busy summer, planned to simply enjoy this great spot. We spent the entire week in Bandon, walked on the beach, took countless pix, enjoyed a few meals “out”, simply loved this perfect get away. Great restaurants: Face Rock Creamery is great! We had fabulous halibut at Allorio's on Sunday, our 40th anniversary ~ ate at Tony's Crab Shack & Bandon Fish Market, Both casual dining, good chowder & fish market. This was a sentimental time, especially celebrating our 40 years of marriage. Truly feel blessed!! I have diabetes, so am very fortunate to have good health & very supportive husband & a large and loving family!! while here we received a call while down on the beach and heard our brand-new grandson cry, moments after his birth in the Midwest. What a thrill to hear that beautiful found for the 33rd time! Yes, 18 grandsons, 15 great grand daughters!! 8/2 – 9/12 2014 Family from Sonoma County, CA. Started the week foggy and cool (mid 50's – 60's) buy ended sunny & warm – never hit 70'pretty windy to. Crabbing on the pier (Tony's Crab Shack makes it very easy!), Blueberry picking, Wildlife Safari was amazing! Lighthouse at Coquille is beautiful, hiking at shore acres was beautiful! Walking the beach at low tide is cool – kids love running up and down the huge sand dunes and climbing thru the caves. Amazing! Great restaurants: the creamery at Face Rock is impressive - The Station House is less impressive! Edge Waters was great as were most other places in Old Town. What a wonderful, quaint home! We all felt very comfortable and “at home” here. We are sorry to be leaving. This is our first trip to Bandon and Oregon – we will definitely come back! This is a wonderful place for a wholesome family vacation! Thank you thank you thank you. 7/26 – 8/2/ 2014 The Arnot Family Sometimes cloudy with fog and a few days of glorious sunshine which made for good sunsets. Walking and playing on the beach, kite flying, games & hot chocolate in the evenings. We also went berry picking and enjoyed seafood chowder and ice cream at the creamery. We ventured out to the South Slough and had and unexpected encounter with some wildlife! Great restaurants: Face Rock Creamery We loved spending time in this great beach house and letting the kids experience the southern coast of Oregon. It was a great time. 7/19 – 7-26/14 Deb and Pam Foggy mornings but lovely & sunny by noon!! Shopping – check out Truffles – lovely shop!! farmers Market nice to check out food and crafts. Beach walks, sunsets, little bunny in the front yard (cute!!) Great restaurants: Wheelhouse always good, Ray's does a barbecue tri-tip roast that is excellent. We have been visiting this charming home by the sea for twenty seven years and always enjoy our peaceful stay here. 07/12-19/14 The Hortons Windy and foggy while the valley was 100+f! Then cool and sunny! Night walks. Cozy fires. Amazing snacks & drinks. Naps! Trying to fly a kite (too windy). Hitting golf balls while walking the beach. Lots of reading. Great restaurants: Beau coups Seafood! We have been coming here since before we had children. We always have a great time. This time our son had to leave early to go climb a mountain in Washington. Our daughter hat to take off to attend a wedding. But we were all home for a while. Every moment is special and we appreciate each moment even more, each time w visit this place. 7/3-7/12/2014 Connie, Christy and Jessica The weather was: Beautiful lows 70's high 60' Sunny (happy face). Fog most evenings (windy 3 days) no rain. Our favorite adventures: crabbing @ docks, High tide & Beach combing @ jetty, walking from Face Rock all way to Table Rock, Seals @ Elephant Rock, playing games @ night and relaxing with the view of Face Rock. Great restaurants we discovered: Tony's Crab Shack – crab cakes * Bandon Fish Market – Pacific Cod & Calamari * Fish tacos. * Bait Shop – Fried oyster sandwich. Other thoughts to share: Our 2nd year here Love the beach & Bandon!! brings peace and memories, many moments of laughter & new adventures! Till next time.... Our home away from Home!! 6-15 - 6-21/2014: Rae Ann, Trisha & Mary Ann The weather was: Beautiful** light rain at night, Temp 60* - 70's. Little windy. I am from Whitefish Mont. Found out that they had snow at home. They had to close hiking in Glacer Park becuz of the snow! So glad I was here!! Our favorite adventures: Going to Old Town, shopping, enjoying the restaurants. This was are sister vacation, one middle sister celebrated her 60th birthday here. What a joy we could all be together for this. Just relaxing in this home. how cosey, very comforting, peaceful, such a perfect vacation, wish we didn't have to go home, could stay for ever! Great restaurants: Fish & chips were yummy! Clams, shrimp & crab legs YUM YUM! Other thoughts: So glad we were able to stay here! Big sister Mary Ann, made this so wonderfully special for us! We will never forget this special magical, place! Hope to be here next year! For more precious memories we'll never ever forget this. Thank you for sharing your home . May 22 – 30 2014. Larry and Anne The weather was. Beautiful – sunny every day, windy the last 2 days. Our favorite adventures. Hiking and agate hunting at Sixes, beach walks at home and at Bullards Beach. Golfing at Bandon Crossings is always great. The best adventure of all was getting to see the new harbor seal pups – already swimming with their moms. Great restaurants we discovered. Coastal mist chocolates – the drinking chocolate is incredible. Other thoughts to share. We always have such a perfect vacation here- your house is so comforting and peaceful. Wish we could stay loner! We'll be back next year for sure! March 8-15, 2014 Jo & Odis The weather was. Great sunny +60's some days no wind, today drizzle* crashing wave & wind, misty fog – the many moods of Bandon. Our favorite adventures. We found Machu Pichu between Gold Beach and Port Orford. Incredible views of haystacks (rocks) from above and behind, watching the ocean crash into them from a unique ocean view.