We made it to Eugene, Or around 11:30 so we decided to call
it quits and stay the night. Dad was glad it was his last night having to sleep
with Michael and this night proved to be the roughest. We slept in until after
8 which is good for us and we grabbed some breakfast at the nearby Denny’s. We
could have headed straight north on I-5 and made it home in about 4 or 5 hours,
but mom wasn’t ready to call it quits yet. How can you do a food tour of the
Northwest coastline and not stop for an ice cream in Tillamook, OR?
Unfortunately, this meant a detour and the roads leading to Tillamook are slow
and windy so the journey home ended up being close to 9 hours. It was worth it,
though. We loved driving through the beautiful logging and fishing towns along
the Oregon Coast. This is a beautiful part of the country and everyone should
venture off I-5 and try it at least once. We realize that we could buy as much
Tillamook ice cream as we want at our local Safeway, but there’s something
about buying it in the factory that makes it taste so much better. Plus, they
have flavors there that aren’t available in the grocery store. Mom ordered
blueberry and caramel hazelnut because she can’t buy them at Safeway. She said
they were delicious and it was better than the ice cream at Humphry Slocombe in
San Francisco. Dad got a peanut butter chocolate shake because that’s what he
always gets and Michael got vanilla because that’s what he always gets and I
got oreo because that’s what I always get. Was it worth the detour? Definitely!
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| caramel and blueberry |
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| Vanilla |
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| Cookies and Cream |
We skipped lunch and thought about skipping dinner but
Michael wouldn’t hear of it. I’m not telling where we ate because we broke the
rule of not eating any fast food for our whole trip but it was the ONLY place
to eat in this little town in Washington just on the other side of the Columbia
River. This is a picture of the bridge we drove over that scared my mom to
death. The adorable, little town on the other side of the bridge is Astoria, OR
and you have to go over this bridge to cross the mouth of the Columbia River to
get to Washington. Mom made us stop and take a picture because she thought it
was so beautiful. Welcome back to Washington! Until our next adventure…..
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