An excellent day on our excellent adventure! Started the day stopping at the Fred Meyers store, started in 1922, which makes Walmart look small. Picked up a few necessities then we headed for the Tillamook Air Museum which is housed in a former blimp hangar built in 1942. Hangar B is the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world. So much aeronautical and WW2 history packed into a two hour tour of this massive building. Then it was off to the Tillamook Creamery to observe how they make their cheese. We did a self-guided tour and observation of the facility complete with samples of cheddars. Their gift shop is massive where customers can purchase all of their products including t-shirts with pictures of their Loaf Love VW microbus which is suppose to resemble baby loaves of cheddar. Decided to have our grilled cheese in the camper with our own Tillamook cheese instead of eating with the masses of visitors at the creamery. Next we drove then hiked to the Cape Meares Lighthouse which is the shortest on the Oregon coast measuring only 38 feet tall. It operated from 1890 to 1963 when it was deactivated and slated for destruction. Citizens of the town rallied to save and restore it in 1980. The scenery along the coast was spectacular. We drove home by way of Seaside and Oceanside Recreation Site where the beaches kiss the feet of the mountains and the ocean laps along the giant rocks. Finished our day at the Fish Peddler at Pacific Oyster devouring the best clam chowder I’ve ever consumed and succulent Dungeness crab. Tomorrow we head for Camp Clark for Sam and Anna’s wedding weekend.
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