In an alternate universe, the Oregon Coast is very different.

Lincoln City locals know at least two things about Ethan Granberg and Danelle Lochrie: they make amazing food, and they really like to stay busy.

To encourage more people to explore the outdoors and engage in healthy habits, Tillamook County Wellness came up with 24 local day trips and outings and then made a game of it.

Have you ever been on a walk while you had a good grump going, came upon a rock painted with a random saying or pretty picture and had it totally turn your day around? That’s the feeling that the Lincoln City Rocks group likes to help get rolling.

Fireworks will light the night when Chinook Winds Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, celebrates 25 years of operation. The anniversary weekend, postponed from June to Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29 and 30, also includes drawings, special bingo sessions and social giveaways.

This article is a little different — there isn’t one detour but several.

South of Yachats the Oregon Coast Trail takes Amanda’s Trail to the top of Cape Perpetua. For years, hikers have awaited a new, higher suspension bridge on the trail as the previous bridges were destroyed by a series of flash floods, and it might happen this fall.

News of delayed openings of Oregon schools might have created some panic in parents, but the Oregon Coast STEM Hub has a solution that could help start your kid on a path toward science, technology, engineering or math.

If you are in the Nelscott area of Lincoln City and catch the scent of good, strong coffee wafting on a gentle breeze, you are probably close to Zefir.

Get your eyes, ears and taste buds ready for a weekend of classic cars, modern audio and local foods and brews, as Lincoln City gets all revved up for a weekend of fun fund-raisers.

“There’s a book in that.”

Words most aspiring and active writers long to hear.

o take in all of the arts events that can happen in summer and fall on the Oregon Coast, you used to have to zoom up and down the entire 363-mile coastline. Now, thanks to Zoom, you can still enjoy some of those events without even leaving your house.

If you’ve never looked out from Cape Lookout, spit off the end of the Bayocean Spit or burned some energy at the Coal Creek Trailhead, now is a great time to B-I-N-GO outside and win prizes with a fun adventure game designed by Tillamook County Wellness.

On Newport’s northside it is time to leave the beach, take Highway 101 around Yaquina Head and return to the beach. How to leave the beach for Highway 101?

When I proposed this series on Oregon Coast Trail detours, things were the “old normal.”

You develop a bit of weather toughness when you live in the Pacific Northwest. As the saying goes (with a slight modification), “If you like the weather, just wait 10 minutes.”

Yachats River Road is a beautiful drive or bike ride, and includes a quick side trip to one of the Oregon coast’s beautiful restored covered bridges.

With two hybrid concerts under their belts, the team at the Lincoln City Cultural Center is ready and raring for more, with a QuaranTunes Concert Series that will continue through September. These events offer both in-person performances and live streaming services, so that cultural center patrons can safely enjoy the best in live music.

Manzanita’s Hoffman Center Gallery is running a new summer show through Sunday, Aug. 30, featuring the works of Dorothy Holmes Mohler, Lloyd Lindley and Bev Cordova.

Primitive and playful art will fill Lincoln City’s Chessman Gallery for “Bare Bones & Thrown Stone,” a new show opening Friday, Aug. 14, with works by Judy Vogland, Taylor Ryder and Patrick Horsley.

I weave my bike between hanging mini-hammocks and a set of Adirondack chairs circling an infinity fire on a misty morning in early August.