On Day 10 we woke up in Seaside. Our plan had originally been to head down hwy 101 so we could enjoy the Oregon coast. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate and it turned out so foggy that you couldn't see anything. A scenic drive wasn't going to happen. So we took a couple hours to check out the Seaside aquarium and then headed down to tour the Tillamook cheese factory.
The aquarium was pretty good for a small town aquarium. I will let most of the pictures speak for themselves.
Cutaway view of a clam
Cutaway view of a starfish
This crab looks just like a rock when it isn't moving
No, I didn't take a picture of sand. Look close. In the upper left you will see a tiny round eye. These guys can disguise themselves to look exactly like the sand.
This guy is equally good at hiding. Do you see him?
Outside of the aquarium with the Seaside beach in the back round
The Tillamook cheese factory was one of our reasons for going down hwy 101. It was a really interesting tour but I would never go on a weekend again. It was super crowded. We had a yummy lunch in the cafe but couldn't wait in the ice cream line which had nearly 100 people in it.
This is the loaf love bus.
41-42 pound blocks of cheese on their way from the aging room to being cut into loafs
Large blocks are cut into small loafs and slices.
Moms favorite part was the history section. They had old copies of their advertising
and antique cheese making equipment.
Young cheese takes a ride down the spiral slide and into the aging room
The kids play computer games to see how much they learned about cheese making.
I have been to cookie factories, candy factories, macadamia nut factories, but never a cheese factory. That would be fun. Did they give out any samples? We get Tillamook cheese here at Sam's Club. (in the photo with Kylie at the beach she looked a LOT like her mother:)-great photo!!
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