Oregon Trip: The Sights (Day 4)

Tuesday started well with everyone sleeping in and rounding up their own breakfast. We set out for Tillamook in the early afternoon before deciding to stop off at the Tanger Outlet Mall in Lincoln City. We didn't expect to stay for long, but we bought some fun stuff! Melanie and Julie got some cute clothes at American Eagle, Lisa and I got new jackets at Columbia, and we all bought shoes and purses at Naturalizer. We went in the shoe store not noticing they were having a going out of business sale. There were racks of shoes and purses that were all 80% off - the shoes were all around $10. I have been searching fruitlessly for brown sandals that I can wear to church while Julie has been searching for zebra shoes. Our dreams came true! I found a great pair of brown sandals, and the zebra shoes were so cute that all of the girls bought a pair. Best shopping day ever!

We were going to have lunch in Tillamook but stopped at a local place in Lincoln City because we were all so hungry. My dad sent me a list of great places to eat so we took to the first one on the list - The Beach Dog Cafe. It was a small cafe-style restaurant serving all things breakfast and all things dogs (hot dogs, bratwursts, sausages, etc). So delicious! The walls were lined with framed photos of dogs - so many that we couldn't count. While we waited for our food they brought us photo albums and dog magazines to look through. They definitely love dogs in all forms.

Satisfied from lunch we drove to Tillamook for the factory tour, cheese samples, and ice cream. It was neat to see the cheese being sliced and packaged and it was fun to try a few different cheeses. After our tour we all got ice cream - most of us got the three scoop sampler. I tried cake batter ice cream and it was great!

On the drive back from Tillamook we stopped off to hike to Munson Falls (more of a nature walk). It was very beautiful and we took a few pictures before heading home to the beach. It wasn't as cold at the beach as usual - the wind may have been taking the day off - but we still had to take our time in the hot tub before having a girl party (complete with matching nail polish).