We started the morning with a delicious breakfast at the Creamery Cafe at the Tillamook Cheese factory. We then toured part of the factory and to see how the famous cheddar of Tillamook is made and packaged. All kinds of people visited the factory with us and then lined up for samples at the end of the tour just before the cheese and gift store exit.

Not far from the cheese factory was the Tillamook Air Museum, located in one of two huge hangars originally built in 1942-1943 to store blimps. The second hangar burned a few years ago. These hangars could each house nine blimps. Today the hangar is home to a number of different aircraft, some of which saw action in various conflicts such as the first Gulf war. Outside there is a mini-guppy transport plane which you can visit the inside of.

Here is an image showing the size of our RV in comparison to the mini-guppy and hangar.

The airbase cafe at the museum reminded us of Route 66 with its black and white tiled floors and red stools and booths.

Enroute we had a quick lunch at Siletz Bay which is known for the great tsunami of 1700.

Late in the afternoon we visited the lighthouse at Yaquina Head and its black beach.

Because of our late arrival, the recommended Honey Bear RV Park at Gold Beach couldn’t accommodate us anymore.  We ended up at the Nesika Beach RV Park instead.

Note: Today’s map isn’t complete as some was lost because we didn’t download it before it was overwritten.