Perfect size!

I'm not a huge ice cream fan, but every now and then I like a taste, as long as it isn't vanilla. Steven loooves ice cream, but only vanilla. What to do...what to do? If I buy a flavour I like, it will sit forever, if I buy a flavour he likes, which is only vanilla, then I sadly get none on the rare occasion when I want some. And I'm sure it ruins his vanilla moment when I just scowl as he tries to enjoy.

Haagen Daz to the rescue! Sweet and tiny containers of delectable flavours at a mere $2.00 each. And as a bonus, the little container is plastic with a snap on lid, perfect for leftover, well, it's small, so I don't know what would fit there, 14 leftover peas or a mouthful of spaghetti I suppose. Who said technology was failing us? Not me!

Yikes!

We (and by "we", I mostly mean "me") would love to live on the Oregon Coast, or any coast actually, but Cannon Beach was my favorite town. Very touristy in most areas, but that's OK, I like touristy-type shops and attractions. We looked (and by "we", once again I mostly mean "me") for houses for sale, and sadly for us , all those homes were priced well beyond our means. This sweet cottage, no bigger than what you see here, about 900 sq feet and still about 3 blocks from the water, was over half a million dollars. Ouch. Double click to see that price for yourself.

We are slowly working our way up the Coast, towards home. I always hate that feeling of returning home after a holiday, Post Holiday Blues. But...we still had a few fun days left to go. We drove to Tillamook, which is pronounced Tilla-muck and went to the cheese factory. Mmmmmm...cheese...Whenever we are in the States we buy Tillamook cheese, you can't get it in Canada as far as I know,I've never seen it for sale. It's so inexpensive, and SO good. This was actually one of the things we were really looking forward to.

The factory was amazing, it's a self guided tour so you can take your time, and the best part is when you first come in, there is a buffet of cheeses! yes, an actual buffet with many, many delectable types of cheese. The buffet line ends up (where else?) but in the gift shop where everyone was greedily grabbing the many varieties of cheese, some which aren't sold in stores anywhere. (Hmmm...just like all those late night TV commercials) We bought a few 4-packs of flavoured cheeses which contained a garlic white cheddar, a smoked black pepper white cheddar, a garlic chili pepper cheddar and a smoked medium cheddar. Each was was simply delicious, the garlic chili pepper was my personal favorite, really spicy with a garlic tang. The whole pack was only $18.00. At home, one of the packs would be about $7.99.

And if that wasn't enough gastronomic joy, they also make ice-cream there too, and there were samples of that as well, so we had cheese and more cheese, and the ice cream as well. All for free. Oh Tillamook, how I love thee.

Just scrabblin' around in the tide pools on a lovely summer morning. Just me and the birds...

These pictures go with the post below. This is Club House that came with our RV pad rental for the night. A full kitchen, 2 living rooms complete with TV's, DVD players, games, books etc, also a weight room, pool tables and the most luxurious bathrooms I have ever seen. I think the rental cost us $68, it was one of the pricier ones, but the location was amazing, and what a treat to be able to have such a long, hot shower and just sit and stretch out on a soft sofa.

Geez Louise, I am so far behind in my blogging. It's been a busy summer ...I'll never catch up at this rate.
However, to continue: After the lousy day at the wildlife park we wanted to look for a place to camp that was right on the water and we lucked out with this spot: Sea Perch RV Park. You really need to check it out, it was phenomenal. There was about 10 feet of green grass between us and the water at high tide, and at night it sounded like the waves were going to roll right in through the door. In the morning the tide was low and we wandered through the tide pools, looking for starfish.

We were a few miles from the little town of Yachats, where we went to The Luna for dinner. I had a huge bowl of steamed clams, Mmm, mmm, just so tasty. The restaurant has been owned by the same family for decades, it's just tiny, 5 or 6 tables. The menu is very small, basically you get for dinner whatever the men caught that day.