Oregon Coast Day 3

This was the day we headed down to Tillamook area.

We hit the cheese factory again.  I won't post a ton of pictures because I did last time.  But we had a fantastic lunch, ice cream and a better tour of the factory.  There were no crowds this time so we really got to see what was going on and browse the gift shop.

Photo credit to Tillamook county

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum

Unfortunately we took so much time at the cheese factory that we only had about 45 minutes here before it closed.  Why is there never enough time to see everything we want to see?

We will come back here and spend more time next time. 

No matter how many of these museums I go to I am always impressed at how gifted people were.  I could just stare at each one of these baskets for several minutes if I had time.  They were so intricate and well made.

And again, the time that must have gone into each of these arrowheads and the tools below.  It was fun to look at the tools made by the local tribes and try to figure out what each was used for.

Beaded pouches

The museum seemed to be in what was an old bank.  One of the displays was in what had been a vault. 

They had a hands on basket weaving table.

These were a couple rooms set up as they had been when people were first settling in the area.

The first official settler in Tillamook county, Joseph Champion, arrived and set up camp in a tree stump.

Just a couple snapshots of a rather impressive collection of old weapons.

Can you imagine having to mold each of your bullets?