Adler's Fall 2013 Northwest: Oct. 31, 2013 Tillamook, OR

Oct. 31, 2013 Tillamook, OR

“Happy Birthday” to our daughter-in-law, Lori! I just love buying Lori’s birthday cards, as every year, I seem to find an appropriate Halloween one! Our family always loved Halloween, and it was so much fun for them to get dressed up and go trick or treating! We saw a lot of little ‘goblins’ in Tillamook today, so they really get into it, also. Today was our last full day here, and it was drizzly off and on, so we decided to do the cultural and intellectual things available! We went through the Air Museum where they built and stored the helium blimps, especially used during WWII to help protect the west coast. From there we went to the Pioneer Museum, and it covered a lot of interesting things of the early settlement of Oregon. The lady that was at the desk, when we arrived, married a man from Viroqua, WI, very near where I (Marlene) was born and raised until I was 18 years old. She was adorable and made sure we saw everything that was there! We ate lunch at the Pelican Brew Pub, which consisted of a bowl of clam chowder and their amber beer……it was ‘nearly 5:00 in Wisconsin’! We had eaten at their restaurant yesterday in Pacific City, which was probably the best place we have eaten out, thus far on the trip. It was right on the ocean, with a haystack rock out their back door! What a view. Now, to get back to the rest of our day…..we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory for their ice cream sugar cone in a dish. Our last stop of the day was at the Latimer Quilt and Textile Center, and they had a group of knitters in for the afternoon. The day went quickly, but we did get everything done, that we wanted to. Tomorrow we leave for Depoe Bay, OR.