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We continued north and went to Depoe Bay to see the smallest harbour "in the world" and then we went to a glass blowing studio in Lincoln City and watched as
members of the public could make their own gifts. The process was quite fascinating. They used coloured glass crystals to form a
pattern, for example, for the inside of a paper weight. Then cover this in another layer of glass.
It cost $65 to make your own paper weight and up to $135 for a glass bowl. There was also a shop to buy glass creations made by
the professionals. These were far beyond our budget and, in any case, glass is not the right thing to have in a motor home!!
Glass factory in Lincoln City
Afterwards we wandered around the Connie Hansen gardens and then Helen managed to find some Cadbury's crème eggs! A
real treat for her from England so she bought 9!!! We parked up at a casino for the night and Kirsten took shots of the sunset.
Our next stop was along the three capes scenic loop at Cape Kiwanda to see the Dory boats launching and landing directly from the beach. But the
tidal pools were also really good even though we didn't even know that there were any here!
Dory boats are racing onto the beach at Cape Kiwanda
The mussels were huge and therefore the star fish were also bigger. The goose neck barnacles looked like something from a sci-fi
movie. For the first time we saw them with their tentacles out. They looked like claws with a tooth on the end. Weird!
Cape Kiwanda - 360° Panorama(move mouse over panorama and click on the arrows)
At Cape Lookout, or in our case, Cape No Look Out, we went on a 5 mile muddy walk in the clouds so that we could hardly see anything!
You might wonder why we did it at all. Well, we thought we might get a view because otherwise it wouldn't have been given that
particular name, right? The joke was on us!
At Cape Meares we parked in the RV slots which were parallel to a high curb stone with a rounded top.
Quite dangerous to step on which most wouldn't. But when you are coming out of a motor home, stepping onto the curb stone would be
logical and is exactly what Kirsten did!
Her ankle buckled sideways and her 25 year volleyball instincts kicked in - she did a graceful roll onto the floor. Quite amazing! But
the show was spoiled instantly when she grabbed her ankle moaning "OW!"
Fortunately it was just momentary pain and nothing more so we killed ourselves laughing! And Helen had to take a photo!
Afterwards, the shortest lighthouse (38 feet), the Octopus tree (approx 750 to 800 years old) and the Big Spruce (Oregon´s tallest
tree in 2008) didn´t quite match up to Kirsten´s roll on the floor!
We enjoyed watching the cheese making process at Tillamook Cheese Factory. Something different from all the tidal pools. There is a
self guided tour with various video screens and information boards on a gallery above the production lines. We spent quite some time
there and then went for the obligatory (for us!) cheese tasting. We liked the medium cheddar best.
Cheese production at Tillamook Cheese Factory
After taking a photo of Winnie parked next to two other Winnie's we had a look at a Myrtle wood factory and headed north to Cannon
Beach where we went for a walk to Haystack Rock. We took a look at the tidal pools but there were also several people there with
telescopes trained on the puffins on the rocks which the public can look through.
The next day was cloudy so we spent most of the day at the library working on the computer and drove out to Ecola State Park the
following day. We went to a viewpoint to see Tillamook Lighthouse and to do some of the trails which are part of the coastal trail.
