We headed to Auntie's beach house for the last week of Spring Break. The first day we were there we went to Ripley's Believe It or Not in Newport. I haven't been there for over ten years but it really hasn't changed much. L was scared at first because it was so dark inside with lots of weird things to look at but eventually she liked it. K thought it was fascinating and loved reading all the weird facts.
We enjoyed a picnic lunch on the pier looking at the boats in the harbor and searching for sea lions. It was a nice day at the coast.
While at Ripley's we stopped at the gift shop.
Mom bought us all matching rainbow rings.
On Wednesday we went down to the beach so the girls could play in the sand and the tide pools. They always find fun creatures to look at. This time K found a sea star that was stranded on a rock. She picked it up and put it back in the ocean so it wouldn't die.
Cousin Nathan played with the girls and helped them build a sand castle. He is really good with the girls and they adore him.
On Thursday we headed up to Tillamook so we could take a tour of the cheese factory. It was about an hour drive but scenic. The girls had fun drawing pictures on their boogie board and playing with Nathan.
Tillamook makes the best cheese and ice cream products. We were disappointed that it was a self tour instead of an actual guided tour but we still learned a lot of things about how the company started and evolved over the years.
K's face is funny, so serious.
A flash forward of my girls in 8 years?
We could see the workers through glass from above. Here they are taking huge blocks of cheese and cutting them down to 5 pound blocks. They cut off the uneven sides and sell them at a discount in the shop below. I would have loved to bring home one of those huge blocks of cheese!
Before leaving we got to sample 8 or so different cheeses and then we each enjoyed an ice cream cone. My favorite cheese was the garlic cheddar cheese. I picked up some Habanero cheese for M to try. Once we finished our ice cream we headed up the road to Pacific Seafood for lunch.
The food was cheap and tasty. There were even big glass windows where we could watch the people at work shucking oysters.
The girls burgers were HUGE and the smiley fries were adorable. Mom and I got a
shrimp basket which was very fresh and tasty. Karen got the clam chowder
which was the best I have had in a long time. Definitely a tasty little
pit stop along our journey.
And a picture of our gracious hostess with the mostest
with her adoring sister.
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