Tillamook

Our first day at Silver Falls was rainy, but that was ok because we had already arranged with Bill's aunt and uncle to meet up at Tillamook for a tour.  So off we went, content to spend a portion of our day indoors, out of the rain.  We were a good 15 minutes into the trip when the telltale splatter hit the backseat.  Now the van is truly ours, it's been marked with vomit.  But, being the troopers we are, we forced Noah into continuing on with our day.  And he turned out just fine after that, I think it was just a case of road weariness.  

Tilly's the mascot of Tillamook, used in their advertising since the 1930s or so.                

It truly is amazing how much they do in this one building, how much cheese is made and distributed.  Truly mind boggling.  After the tour, with all the requisite learning that went with it, we had lunch in their cafeteria.  If you take this tour, plan time to stand in line for the lunch. We stood in line for maybe 30 minutes or more.  Sooooooo huuuuuunnnnnnggggrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!  It was good, but I have to say that I preferred the mac and cheese at Beecher's in Pike Place Market.      

I didn't do a good job of getting a group photo, so I at least took a photo as some of our group were leaving the building.  We continued on to Cape Meares, but Rick and Sharon bailed at this point, despite them being the ones who suggested it!  In all fairness, we stayed at Tillamook for about three hours, and it was raining (I think I've said that before....).