Nehalem

we drove down the 6 out to tillamook past tons of forest and towering elderberries.
after awhile, we made it to tillamook just in time for some really lousy weather. we decided to make way to the cheese factory. it looks like everyone else had the same idea too, because it was hype as all get-out in there. sheesh. I dont know where all these folks even came from, but i did notice we were about the only people under 50. Mid-September must be the equivalent of spring break for the AARP crowd...Since it was feeling for all the world like fall to me, maybe on account of the rain, I decided it was as good a time as any to get into some pumpkin icecream which was amazingly good.

We hit Nehalem Bay state park in the midafternoon and got settled into the yurt we were staying in that night. After that I heisted a few huckleberries and we went over to the beach trying to find some clams but we didnt see any at all. The pier after dark wasnt terribly successful either so we wound up the evening listening to the rain on the roof, drinking sake, and loving the fact that we were not shivering in a wet tent with no heater. Call me a wuss, I can take it. Im getting to be of an age where warm and dry is happy, and in Oregon these arent default settings.