Title: August 5, 2022 - Tillamook and Salem
Hike Info : Description : Extra Photo's : Flowers and Plants
I got up at 6:30, having slept through the night. I love sleeping in a tent, even though at times, the dawn may seem like it takes forever if one wakes up at 4am. But that was not the case this morning. When I got up, I walked around the Beverly Beach campground for about 30 minutes, making my way to the overpass again, mostly just to watch the waves. But my phone did catch a signal and downloaded some emails. I didn't even try to do a lightning report.
We had our breakfast-granola
for me, of course, and hot oatmeal for Sherri. We got packed up and
ready to go. Last we heard, we are to meet Andrea and Rachel at
Tillamook
around 10:30, so we need to start soon. Sherri starts the engine at
9:15. It is an uneventful drive to the Creamery.
Rachel and Andrea in the Tillmook bus
We arrived at 10:45 at Tillamook. Rachel texted and said they would be late. That is OK with us, so we just read, waited and analyzed the idiosyncrasies of various parking jobs. At 11:30, Rachel and Andrea said they were inside and wanted to do a photo-op with the Tillamook minibus. So we go in and meet them.
By this time it is after 1 and
I think we are all getting hungry. So we order from their cafeteria a
pizza, hamburger and salad. As I was getting ready to pay for it, I
discovered my wallet did not have any of my credit cards! I am hoping
that they slipped out in the car. But our lunch got paid for through
Sherri’s cards. Then we had ice cream afterwards. That is a way to
soothe one’s soul. During all of this, Rachel was trying to
straighten out her live audience Jeopardy! tickets. While not getting
it settled then, she was able to get things set up later on. When
she gets back to Los Angeles, she and Edrees will be part of one of
the first live studio audiences. Exciting! When we get back to the
car, I found the missing cards-they slipped out of the wallet, beside
the seat.
Rachel on the phone with Jeopordy
Before we leave the area, Andrea wants to take us to Cape Meares. For a person who has been in Oregon about six months, she certainly knows her way around interesting places. She takes us out some backroads from Tillamook-still paved, but interesting. At the end is a parking area which is being well used-we still find good places to park. Signs by the parking area give background on the lighthouse and the area. It is about an eighth of a mile walk down to the lighthouse. The base is open, but we cannot go up to the top. But how the path descends to the base of the lookout, we can see right into the red lenses. Still just looking out from the area in front of the lighthouse has us gawking for awhile, particularly at the birds on a couple rock islands a ways off the coast.
After we had taken in the view from the lighthouse, Andrea led us up a trail towards the south. We passed by the parking lot and up the side of a hill. Then we came to a tree called the Octopus Tree. You can imagine why it got its name-it has eight limbs going straight up which look more like an octopus than a tree. Interesting. We go a few feet to another ocean overlook. The whole walk was about0.8 miles. Not long by hiking standards, still enjoyable and just what I needed
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| Octopus Tree |
Dinner at Noble Wave
Then it is back to the cars
and onward to Salem. It is roughly the same route we took in June.
Except Andrea and I are driving-different cars. We arrive at Andrea
and Lawrence’s place without incident. We unpack our car to get
ready for tomorrow. And then it is off to dinner-with Lawrence.
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| Band playing on the Salem art night |
We then returned to Andrea’s place. There was some talking about tomorrow, but we all were ready for bed.
Extra Photo's
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| Octopus Tree |
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| Morning at Beverly Beach |
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| View from Cape Meares |
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| Cape Meares Lighthouse |
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| Cheese Making Factory with interpretive signs |
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| More cheese making and packaging |
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| Andrea and Rachel |
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| Rock Islands with lots of birds |
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| Rock island off of Cape Meares |
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| Bridge across the Dechutes River |
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| Rachel, Andrea, Sherri and Lawrence enjoying the night music |
Flowers and Plants
