Today was another fun day! We headed to Tillamook to take in the Cheese Factory Tour. This was Saturday and the parking lot was almost completely full. When we finally made it to the visitor's center, it was very crowded. The sign that said over 1 million visitors come every year must have meant they all chose Saturday July 24th to visit? If I were to give any advice, it would be to head there on the weekday as many of the production lines were closed down for the weekend. We did get to see them wrap some cheese, but I think it would have been more interesting on a week-day when more production lines were going. However, the cheese tasting section was fun! We got to try a lot of pretty tasty cheese and then we had to get in line for some Tillamook ice cream!! After finishing there we headed down the coast on highway 101. Had to stop and take pictures as soon as we could see the ocean!! We continued until we got to Depoe Bay so we could stop in and visit my Grandma Janet. We have not seen her in a number of years and it was so very nice to see her again. After visiting with Grandma we headed to find Mariska some sandy beach so she could get her feet in the Pacific Ocean. Then we stopped at a little hole in the wall for some fish and chips before heading to the Tanger Factory Outlet in Lincoln City. After that we headed back towards our hotel, taking a different route than we had taken in the morning, stopping for dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Clackamas.
