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Earth Day and Easter Celebrations Abound in Lincoln City

Spring is in the air and there are still a few beach condo rentals available in Lincoln City, Oregon if you’re hoping to make the most of this Earth Day and Easter Weekend! Properties such as the one-bedroom ‘Nantucket’, two-bedroom RSS Royal Pacific, and three-bedroom ‘Seamist’ are sure to be booked before the weekend is up, though. With so much going on in and around Lincoln City, and a beautiful 7½ mile stretch of coastline to explore, what are you waiting for? Book your beach house rentals today and get out of town this weekend! Here’s a small taste of the fun you’ll find in Lincoln City for Easter and Earth Day.

With some of the best beach vacation rentals Oregon has to offer, the city’s 7½ miles of beautiful beaches are always waiting for you.

Starting on Friday, April 19th, Lincoln City’s neighborhoods will be bustling with the Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale. There will be roughly 100 different garage sales throughout the area on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday – a picker’s paradise! This weekend is also a great time to explore the beach in hopes of finding your own colorful glass float, as there will be a special drop of 20 glass floats on Saturday, April 20th. This special drop is part of the 20 Years of Finders Keepers celebration and the floats represent the new ‘Explore Lincoln City’ branding. In addition, there will be 50 glass globes hidden along Lincoln City’s public beaches between April 20th and 22nd as part of a Special Glass Drop in Celebration of Earth Day. If you’re not lucky enough to find your own float on the beach, though, you can pick up an exclusive float by artist Ro Purser at the opening of the ‘American Made Glass Fishing Float Exhibit’ at North Lincoln County Historical Museum from 11am-3pm on the 20th.  

If cooking is more your thing, book your place now for Saturday’s Hands-on Balkans Cooking Class from 11am-2pm at Lincoln City’s Culinary Center. Explore the food traditions of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia with a delicious meal at the end for only $75 per person. Dog lovers will also be well-served this Saturday, April 20th with DOGgone Crazy Day at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. From 11am-5pm you’ll find everything from games and agility obstacles to trainers and K9 units to booths and pets up for adoptions from the Lincoln County Animal Shelter.

If you’re planning on taking the family out for some Easter fun, start with Lincoln City Kiwanis Club’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Regatta Grounds Park starting at noon on Saturday, April 20th. And if you don’t feel like cooking your own Easter meal, Marci’s Bar & Bistro will be serving Easter Brunch with Cosmic Strings as musical accompaniment from noon to 3pm. There’s Easter fun just for grownups as well, including the EGGcentric Adult Science Night presented by the Driftwood Library at Black Squid Beer House. This 21+ event starts at 4pm on Easter Sunday and will teach you about chemical reactions and osmosis – all using eggs! And if you’re still in town on Easter Monday, make sure to stop by the Tide Pool Clinic at 9:30am at the Northwest 15th Street Beach Access area. A local expert will be on hand to teach beachgoers about all the fascinating creatures living in these pools, free of charge.

Of course, you never need any special reason to visit Lincoln City. With some of the best beach vacation rentals Oregon has to offer, the city’s 7½ miles of beautiful beaches are always waiting for you. This stretch of coastline is especially brilliant in the springtime, though, so why not make this Earth Day and Easter Weekend your time to get away from it all!

Get to Lincoln City in Time for Beachcombing Season

With some of the state’s best seaside attractions and beach house rentals, Lincoln City, Oregon is known for its 7½ miles of beautiful beaches that attract visitors throughout the year. This is why it’s the perfect setting for Laura Joki’s beachcombing clinics that started in January of this year and are wrapping up at the end of April. If you want to catch one of these fun and free beachcombing clinics while they last, or if you’re just looking for an excuse to get away from it all, it’s about time to book your beach vacation rentals! Lincoln City is waiting to show you all the treasures that its beaches hold.

When to Visit and What to Expect

This year’s season of weekly beachcombing clinics started on New Year’s Day, and there are only four sessions left in 2019. Weather permitting, these clinics will take place at the SW 33rd Street beach access point on the following dates and times:

  • Saturday, April 13 at 11:00 a.m.
  • Wednesday, April 17 at 3:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 27 at 11:00 a.m.

The clinics each begin with a short orientation followed by a walk along the beach with stops to guide you through the process of hunting for seaside treasures such as gemstones, fossils, agates, shells, rocks, minerals, jasper, and petrified wood. Beachcombers are advised to follow strict beach safety precautions, wear good outdoors shoes, and to bring a raincoat, a pair of gloves, and a sturdy container or bag for collecting all your treasures. Over the course of the two-hour clinic you are also encouraged to ask lots of questions, so that next time you go to the beach, you’ll know exactly what you’re looking for.

Gem & Jewelry Lovers Are Always Welcome

Even when the beachcombing clinic season is over, visitors can always find Laura Joki at Rock Your World, a shop in Lincoln City’s Nelscott District run by her and husband Mike Joki. They sell all sorts of rocks, gems, fossils, and handcrafted jewelry made from these and other treasures from the seaside. It’s always worth a visit even if you just want to have a chat and see what they have in their collection. If you love shopping for unique and handmade items, there are also several other jewelry shops in Lincoln City as well as art galleries, glass and pottery studios, gift shops, and other unique stores where local artisans and antique dealers sell their wares. 

Catching the end of 2019’s beachcombing clinic season is one great excuse to book one of our vacation houses or beach condo rentals. Lincoln City is always offering up fresh, new reasons to visit, from whale watching and storm watching to clamming and crabbing to kite-flying festivals and culinary cookoffs. There are also accommodations available to suit every visitor’s needs, from one-bedroom condos on the busy beachfront to secluded homes with space for an entire family reunion. And whenever you visit, Lincoln City’s 7 ½ miles of beaches are always full of treasures for you to explore.