Blogs from Tillamook, Oregon, United States, North America
Oregon Coast Hwy 101
Published: October 12th 2011North America » United States » Oregon » Tillamook » Cape Lookout State Park
October 4th 2011
We arrived at Cape Lookout State Park on the Oregon Coast in the late afternoon. We were pleased to find our Yurt was heated, roomy and with comfortable beds. This is our first experience with Yurts, but knowing the NW weather we felt that we would most likely get rained out in our tent and we were right. Today we went into Tillamook (pop. 4,400) We visited the Tillamook Cheese Factory, a couple of thrift shops and an antique store. While at the cheese factory we learned the history of Tillamook as the two are synonymous. Early settlers arrived and found the only thing they could produce in this wet green climate was butter. Over-production of butter led them to look for another outlet for all that bovine milk. They began producing cheddar cheese and exporting ... read more
Day 13: The Way to Wheeler
Published: October 4th 2009North America » United States » Oregon » Tillamook
October 2nd 2009
Today, we went from southern Oregon to northern Oregon. We arrived in Wheeler around 5pm. Wheeler is a tiny town-- and we mean tiny. There are hardly any shops in town, and pretty much everything closes up at 5pm, so there was nothing for us to do. We had to drive to another town to find dinner. At least our hotel was nice. It was a remodeled 1920s building, and had antique decor. The lady who ran the inn was very nice, and even put our name on our room door to welcome us. There were also DVDs you could borrow and watch in your room. ... read more
September 24th 2009
Sept 20th 2009 While being encouraged by V liking travel, we are also trying to embrace the last few weekends where we may be having some sun. Added to that K was not “on-call”. Most importantly our friends from Chicago- Janani & Sudharshan were visiting. So we wanted to show them the glory and beauty of Oregon. Originally we had planned to go to the Silver Falls State Park . We skipped it because KK had taken them on too tough a trial through Mt. Hood the previous day. Added to that, our whole family was down with a runny nose and we did not think we would do justice to the place. This was something that we also thought of visiting during the long weekend but did not because of the bad weather. And we ... read more
South Beach Trail - Cape Lookout State Park
Published: June 3rd 2009North America » United States » Oregon » Tillamook
May 30th 2009
Today we hiked the South Beach Trail at Cape Lookout State Park. Cape Lookout - http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_186.php... read more
May 24th 2009
Today we hike the loop from Gales Creek campground on HWY 6 in the Tillamook State Forest. Gales Creek Loop = http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/TSF/trails.shtml... read more
May 17th 2009
Today we hiked the King's Mountain trail on HWY 6 between Banks and Tillamook. Before we began our hike with visited the Tillamook Forest Center to purchase a map of the Tillamook State Forest. We took a very quick tour of the center and it's grounds. We are looking forward to a longer visit in the future. The hike was 5-miles long with a 2700-ft elevation gain. We enjoyed the workout the trail provided, but the trail could definitely use a few switchbacks. The views at the top of the Coast Range, Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood where amazing and so were all the wildflowers. We made a quick side trip near end of our hike, close to the trailhead, to wash our faces and soak our feet in Dog Creek. Tillamook Forest Center - http://www.tillamookforestcenter.org/ ... read more
July 8th 2007
We started today with a few prayers at the Sacred Heart Church, the local Catholic Church. We then headed to Tillamook Cheese Company for a tour and tasting. The cheese factory was not producing cheese, since it was Sunday, but we were able to see them packing the cheese and get to taste test some of their varieties. My favorite was the extra sharp cheddar. We also got ourselves some Tillamook Ice Cream, which was AWESOME! I had Udderly Chocolate Brown Cow in a waffle cone. It was choc ice cream with white chocolate swirls and choc chunks... After our dairy fix, we headed up the Oregon Coast to Twin Rocks. We skirted down a side street and got to a beach access path. At the end of the path, I saw the Pacific Ocean ... read more
Lighthouses, cheese and rain.
Published: December 5th 2006North America » United States » Oregon » Tillamook
October 18th 2006
We ended up camped at a mostly shut down campsite which was a little off the beaten track. It was located next to the river which made for a nice solitude atmosphere. I could not find the mountain biking trails that the AAA book suggested were located there, so off into the rain it was to visit the Tillamook cheese factory which was not cheesy at all, pun intended. No we saw the main cheddar line where the machines and peoplepower make it all happen! There was a big cheese conveyor belt with people in their white overalls checking the cheese weight and packing quality. Cool! Cruised further down the coast taking in what we could see of the sights considering the weather was stormy. The coast is rugged and wild but so scenic and beautiful ... read more
