The trip from Sisters to Tillamook was about the worse driving I have ever had todo on the motorhome! Lots of very narrow lanes winding through the forest at a speed of 35-40 mph for over 100 miles. Ugh. We are definitely going back that general direction a different way! By the time we got to the Elks campground , I was exhausted. It took quite a bit for me to recover, so we decided to only do a bit of sightseeing. We went north a bit to Garbaldi to take the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad between Garibaldi and Rockaway Beach. It was only 10 miles up and back with a short break in Rockaway Beach, but it was enjoyable and relaxing.
A brief video out the window.
The train was crowded since this was prime tourist season. The open car was completely full, but we wanted a more comfortable seat, so this is the car.
Not the engine that moves, but a pretty one for pictures.
And of course there was definitely some more sightseeing from the road.
On Wednesday we went to the Tillamook Air Museum. What a fabulous place, a pretty unexpected diamond. The museum is in an old blimp hanger from WWII, and it is amazingly huge. Eight full sized blimps could fit inside. Astonishingly it was built almost completely of wood since metal was precious during the war. It was full of all kinds of stuff besides just airplanes. They had a big collection of cockpit training mockups.
They had some old WWII items of course.
Did I tell you think is BIG??
On of the other surprises was a huge selection of military models . I have never seen such a fabulous collection. There were models of specific battles, examples of all kinds of bases and posts, and included lots of other forces in addition to just US forces, both enemy and ally.
Turns out I got a complication from the breast surgery after the trip to the museum, and we ended up going to the Tillamook ER. Nice people, but it was interesting that pretty much everything was done with paper instead of computers. Luckily they used Epic, the medical record program the rest of my medical folks use so it was easy for them to get my data. I just needed a minor procedure, and we were out in less than 3 hours. I called my surgeon on Thursday morning, and he said just follow the ER instructions. It was irritating, but not serious.
Thursday we decided to take a drive since I didn’t want to do much. You just can’t beat the Oregon coast. We drove south from Tillamook to Newport taking our time. We stopped by a number of state beaches and took about four hours to drive the short 60 miles. We had dinner at Georgie’s Bayside Restaurant, a lovely upscale place. It was well worth the money.
Today we decided to just hang around the motorhome since I wasn’t feeling well. Kevin suggested we go to Rockaway Beach to get a Pronto Pup, a famous corn dog place. Yup, it was good! I don’t think I have had a corn dog for 2-3 years at least, but I really should have them more often.
I actually have been sewing some. I finished the June block of the month from Kona, and I am almost finished with the July one. I will post both when I get the second done.