Cheese Land And Some Rest

6-22-08
We drove up the Oregon Coast from Florence and made several stops along the way. Our first stop was Sea Lion Caves. I hadn't been there for long time and Nicole had never been there. Although it was warm and sunny in the parking lot, it was very cold and windy near the cliffs and in the cave.

Next stop was Depot Bay where we stopped to get taffy and checked out stores with huge varieties of Croc Shoes.

The last rest before Tillamook was the town of Pacific City. It has a beautiful beach with pretty nice waves (not to mention that you can easily drive out to the beach if you have a 4WD vehicle.) This quiet town seemed very unspoiled and fun beach for surf hounds.

We arrived in Tillamook in the evening. Immediately after checking in we went to a local pizza joint and had a wonderful 13" half cheese and half taco (minus the sauce. . .remember: myyearwithout.blogspot.com)

6-23-08
After sleeping in and lounging in the pool, steam room, and hot tub, we decided to stay one additional day in order to take a more leisurely approach to the area.

We eventually visited both the Blue Heron French Cheese Factory and the Tillamook Cheese Factory. I was surprised how simple cheese making (conceptually) is and amazed how the Tillamook Cheese was so automated...I could have spent hours watching the cheese being packaged.

6-24-08
After having another wonderful swim we packed up the car and headed back to our hub of operations. It was really hard to get used to the traffic and the rush passing through Portland. We decided that we would camp Wednesday through Saturday to help us stay in our Zen Travel Mode . . .