After Leaving the Coast

We stopped in Tillamook to tour the cheese factory but they were not operating. That didn't stop us from enjoying cheese samples and then ice cream sampler bowls.  Next we stopped at the Tillamook Forest burn exhibit.  In 1933 there was a forest fire burned over 400,000 acres - it happened again every six years with the last one in 1951.  The land was so burned over the land owners could not make any money off the land and left it.  The state took it over and returned the land to the counties.  In 1954 massive tree planting projects were put together with boy scouts, school children, prisoners, and interested citizens spending a couple of years planting seedlings and they also seeded with planes.  Now it is a beautiful forest and the center is very educational.

 

Saturday we went to the Oregon Science and Industry Museum.  It was interesting especially when we got into the chemistry and physics area.

We then enjoyed a picnic with Fred and Gloria and Alyssa and Jay and two of their children.  It was at a beautiful park on the Willamette River - the weather was the best you could have for a picnic and the food was gourmet rather than picnic.  It was a fun evening even for Great Grandma.