Remembering Bobbie Recio and The River Sea Inn

Submitted By: banjo2@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Aileen ‘Bobbie’ Recio used to own the River Sea Inn in Wheeler in the ’70’s and ’80’s. It was right there by the Wheeler City Boat ramp and later became Heron Rock, The Sea Shack, Salmonberry among other names.

She and her husband Nick employed many people, they had Dinner Theaters upstairs so lots of locals were involved in that.

I remember they had dogs including Pharaoh Hounds, which are a (nearly) hairless dog.
When Bobbie retired, she and Nick moved to Willits, CA where she made many friends and a ‘splash,’ literally in that community. (See obituary)

Having not heard from her, I finally found a mutual friend who shared that she passed away in April of 2023 at the age of 93 (Nick passed in 2015). You Go Bobbie! What a good long life.

Attached is her Obituary which conveys her spirit-
She is survived by a niece and a nephew, but of course many friends.

I would love to hear some memories of her if you’d like to share? Maybe eventually I can get a collection of these memories to her family. I can still hear her voice, kind of raspy and always enthusiastic.

Sincerely,
Lori Dillon
Please email to: banjo2@nehalemtel.net