Our first stop was in Tillamook at the Tillamook Cheese Factory. We got to watch the production line. It was just like on "How It's Made". I wish it had been a guided tour instead of self-guided because we had so many questions. Guess that's something I'll have to research once we get home. We spent about an hour there and then got to sample some of the cheese. We bought some to have for our lunches.
The next stop was the Tillamook Air Museum. That stop was more for Conrad than for me but it was one of the bases for the blimps during WWII. The place was huge and when I took Conrad's picture in front by the door, he looked so tiny!
See Conrad to the left of the door?
The rest of our day was spent stopping at different beaches along the way and we had gorgeous views! One of the things I wanted to see were huge waves crashing on the huge rocks and we saw that several times. A couple of the places we stopped, we got to watch the surfers. Most of the places we saw from on top of the bluffs but one place we got to hike to the beach and walk along the tide pools. The surfers were there and they didn't have to go out very far to catch the waves.
One of the surfers at Cape Kiwanda caught a wave!
One of my favorite stops was at Boiler Bay State Wayside where the waves were really huge! We were high on the bluff above the water and some of the spray seemed to be almost as high as where we were! I could have stood there all day, just watching the water. It is so mesmerizing!
I love this view!
We also saw some clam diggers working. We stopped and watched them for awhile.
Our last stop for the day was at Otter Rock and Devil's Punchbowl, just north of Newport, where we are spending the night. The waves here seemed to be even bigger than the last stop. A local man was also there and told us about the whales and we watched them for awhile. Sorry, no pictures of them. They were too far out and too fast to catch. Two things I wanted to really see were huge waves crashing on the rocks and also whales and I got to see both today!
Devil's Punchbowl
The calmer side of the cape
When we got to Newport, we headed down to the waterfront on the bay to see what was going on and find a place to eat dinner. We had some great, fresh seafood. We walked to one of the wharfs and saw the sea lions. We also watched some guys catching crabs.
The poor little guy on the bottom kept trying to get on the same raft as the others but they wouldn't let him on. They'd bark and bark at him and he'd bark back then swim underwater and try again. We watched for quite awhile and the poor little fellow never did get on.
It's about bedtime here since we have to hit the road early. We try to leave about the time it gets light. We don't want to waste the daylight! Tomorrow we will continue down the coast. It seems each day we see better stuff. I sure don't know how it could get much better than this!
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