| Rooms with a river view
Five lodging boats expected to be docked soon by Tilda Chadwick Jones
NEHALEM — A collection of colorful vessels
will soon be lined up along the river in Nehalem, expanding its motel accommodations
and providing yet another tourist attraction for this North Coast community.
Since John and Sue Jelineo sold their family wrecking business in Portland
in 1993, they have been involved in developing properties and businesses.
They own a home on the Nehalem River in south Nehalem, next to their newly
renovated Nehalem Bay Floating Motel. They’ll be creating something of
a fleet of motel rooms soon with the addition of five boats along
600 feet of dock space on the city side of the river.
The Nehalem Belle sternwheeler, formerly the Prairie Princess at Lake
Pueblo, Colo., is being readied for one-to two-hour family crusises, with
picnic baskets and sunset buffets for 50 people per cruise. A Nov. 20 Pueblo Chieftain newspaper article reads, “The party’s over
for the Prairie Princess II. Following a decision by its owner to
sell, Lake Pueblo’s resident fun boat was headed for an ocean bay in Oregon.
(It) will cruise west aboard a flatbed tractor-trailer at an average speed
of
The article goes on to say, “To transport the giant of a boat, two workers from All-Ways Towing of Sandy, Ore., spent Monday getting the vessel ready for the long, awkward truck trip over the Rocky Mountains. ‘We do stuff nobody else wants to mess with,’ O’Malley (the owner) acknowledged.” It took O’Malley a month to haul the boat, the upper level having been dismantled for the trip The cargo was left at two different stops along the way because of snow conditions. Presently, the boat is in Portland and will be brought the remainder of the way to Nehalem by All-Ways Towing. O’Malley is committed to accompanying the boat to its final destination in Nehalem Bay.” For further information, or to make reservations when the boats are ready, call 503-368-7047. Text and photos (C) 2002 Tillamook Headlight Herald Reprinted by permission |
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licensed captain and deck hand will be on board. History and nature will
be highlighted, and special excursions will be planned around the natural
beauty and century-old history of the Nehalem River.