Camping West Coast 2005 |
September 29
September 29 1:15pm
September 29 1:52pm Astoria: josephson's smoked fish Heading southward along the coast now, but I must stop for delicious local delicacies.  Astoria: astoria-megler bridge Just past North Bend Oregon's lumbermills and sawdust factories. North Bend smells like wet Home Depot. |
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September 29 1:51pm
September 29 1:54pm | Astoria: cannery Iron boilers remain after cannery fires. They're now cool interactive sculptures for seagulls. |
 Astoria: pier More remnants of a cannery fire. This is totally cool. |
September 29 1:54pm 
September 29 1:57pm | Astoria: pier Hoodie raincoat day. No cap or condom hat. |
 Altadena: smoked fish I couldn't resist. I must sample deliciousness. |
NonPerishable Fish Products
September 29 2:47pm  Highway 101 Missed out on most of the beach scenery due to rainy conditions. Phooey. Lots of tiny beach towns. Full of galleries that are, in turn, full of really bad art. And they all have the same stuff. |
 Highway 101 I like trains. |
September 29 3:04pm 
September 29 3:27pm| Tillamook: cheese factory So excited. Two of my favorite things in the world combined in a single place. Conveyor belts and cheese. Yippee! |
| Tillamook: cheese factory These are embryonic blocks of cheddar. Baby cheese! |
September 29 3:33pm 
September 29 3:31pm | Tillamook: cheese factory Conveyor belts of cheese. I'm giddy. |
| Tillamook: cheese factory You can give an orca a bath in this tub. |
September 29 3:34pm 
September 29 3:58pm | Tillamook: cheese factory I love squeaky cheese in the tasting area. The ice cream is marionberry pie flavor. "Oregon Marionberry ripple in vanilla ice cream, with flaky piecrust pieces." I chose it because the name sounded like former Washington D.C. coke'd out mayor Marion Barry. |
| Tillamook: cheese factory Junior Miss Rodeo Oregon 2005 has a bright future ahead of her hawking blocks of cheese. |
September 29 3:59pm 
September 29 4:11pm | Tillamook: cheese factory I spent 5 minutes trying to emulate the cow's expression. The other patrons had different expressions on their faces. |
Oregon Jams and Jellies | Altadena: berries Assorted Oregon berry jams and honey. I've been wondering what the heck huckleberries were since I was a 4 years old watching Huckleberry Hound cartoons. Now I get to find out. |
| South Beach State Park: yurt Flipping through tons of Oregon camping information, I halted at the word "yurt." I MUST stay in a yurt by the ocean. My yurt "Coquille" is named after an Oregon indian tribe. Yurt. I want my own yurt in the backyard. I wonder if they sell yurts at www.yurts.com? |
September 29 6:16pm | South Beach State Park: yurt It's really cozy and neato inside the yurt. This size yurt can accommodate orgies of 8. I'm in the top bunk of course. |
September 29 8:06pm 
Tuna with red curry and lemongrass rice pilaf | South Beach State Park Tonight's festivities include red curry tuna with lemongrass scented rice pilaf. The gay couple, Fat and Ugly, two yurts over borrowed my wine opener but did not offer to share any wine. How rude. They must not have thought I was cute. (Yes, I packed both my laptop and wine opener.) |
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