Road Trip - Day 5

Well, we have arrived at our motel in Portland. Today we got up early and left Laurie and Gary's house at about 6:30 to head down to Tillamook where there is a massive hanger where there were blimps during WWII. Since steel and aluminum was needed for ships and planes, the hanger was built of wood. It is huge and you can see all of the wooden trusses from the inside. The building covers seven acres. We will post a picture later.

Then we went to a fish hatchery. There wasn't much to see except lots of tiny fish. There was a sign warning about a cougar that had been seen in the area, and there weren't many other people around, so we didn't go wandering around looking for any bigger fish.

We went to a couple of cheese factories and then up to Canon Beach. It is a really big beach with some big rocks. We also went to Lewis and Clark National Park for a few minutes. We decided we will have to go back another time because there were some interesting hikes that sounded pretty easy but we didn't have time for them.

We did lots of driving and looking. Very pretty scenery. We decided that this is an area where we could live if we needed to find another job someday. So our day was long but it wasn't super busy. It was just nice to be together.