Waiting on a brand new day: Astoria & Tillamook

We went out of our way a bit to go to Tillamook and yes it was just so we could go to the factory. We weren't the only ones either who had the same idea, there were a lot of other eager cheese tasting patrons. They have a landing where you can look down on the factory floor and read about their history, how the cheese and other dairy items are made there. They are a local family farm company which I thought was really cool. We of course had free samples of their cheese. The squeaky cheese was out favorite and yes it really squeaks when you eat it! We also had a five scoop sampler of their ice cream, which was the best deal. It was a meal of ice cream for us! So much creamy goodness! I love their flavors especially the Carmel hazelnuts(Oregon is one of the leading producers of hazelnuts)

Waiting patiently in line for the cheese samples

They gave us five really good scoops of ice cream, it was piled high!

Had to buy our own squeaky cheese too

The reason why we don't always share food, our tastes are a bit different. I do love an occasional Costco pizza slice. We love Costco in general and we were so ecstatic that there was one near Astoria!

We then made our way up the Oregon coast to Astoria where Free Willy and the Goonies were filmed. This town is so quaint and has a free audio your you can download to learn about the town. You can tell the people here love their town. The houses are gorgeous here all Victorian style. It kind of felt like if Stars Hollow from Gilmore Girls were a real place this would be a contender for it. We went to the column to get a nice but a bit foggy view of the town. You can buy a wooden airplane for a dollar and launch it off the top, so of course we bought one.

We went camping that night on the Washington side at this great but very misty campground.