Neahkahnie Mountain from Cape Falcon

Oswald West State Park, Oregon ~ February 2006

The other day I showed a photo from the top of Neahkanhie Mountain. Here is the mountain from another point: Cape Falcon.

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"Please DO NOT Touch Or Climb On Cows"

Tillamook, Oregon ~ March 11, 2006

Tillamook Visitors' Center

This post is especially for someone who likes Tillamook cheese and yogurt, but what most people like to sample when they come here is the ICE CREAM. And don't forget the Fudge Counter. It takes about an hour and a half to drive from Astoria to Tillamook if you don't stop, but the drive is along Oregon's amazing coastline, so most people want to stop and take lots of photos along the way, or at least look at the scenery. Once to you get to Tillamook, here are a few things you'll see on a visit to Dairy Heaven. First, the sign over the entrance.

Then the side of the building. I see that some people are enjoying the sun after filling up on cold dairy products.

Upstairs, there are viewing windows on both sides of a hallway. You can't miss the big milk cartons that look like cows, but also note that there's a country-style mini table with dairy products. If I remember after all these years, it's only for display. Darn.

Through tinted windows you can see lots of cheese and processing equipment . . .

. . . along with guys in shower caps.

And more processing equipment. It's pretty cool looking.

Except for the taste-testing, here is my favorite part. Fake cows. The green sign in front is where I got the title for the post.

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The Harbor at Hammond

Hammond/Warrenton, Oregon ~ August 14, 2006

Weekend Reflections

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A Good Place to Play

April 11, 2006

Coffenbury Lake, Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon

Between Asoria and the beach, you'll find Coffenbury Lake if you take the right turn-off. It's never very crowded, and it's a great place to picnic, fish, or - my favorite - take a walk around the lake, mainly through rainforest vegetation. It's also a good starting point for the bike trails through Fort Stevens, because there's a good-sized parking lot behind where I'm standing. Click here and zoom in a couple of levels, and you'll see the long, thin lake and its relation to the river and the ocean. I've take this photo from the northern end of the lake.

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Driftwood in February

Fort Stevens State Park, Warrenton, Oregon ~

February 3, 2006

If you like driftwood, you'll find it in winter on the Oregon beaches. Brought in by the storms, it accumulates along the dunes that separate the beach from the forest and grasslands. The park is large and varied, incorporating ocean, forest, bike trails, lakes, and old miltary bunkers, and it's all about 8 miles west of Astoria.

I took the photo standing a few yards from one of our favorite sites, the wreck of the Peter Iredale. It's such a picturesque and interesting spot (and easy to get to) that I've already used it three times on this blog: sunset, bones of the ship (one of my favorite photos on the blog), and sunset with ship's bones. These photos are taken just a couple of miles south of the jetty series at the mouth of the Columbia River. Fort Stevens also holds this military cemetery. A person could do an entire City Daily Photo blog on Fort Stevens and never run out of material. Don't get me started, I'll end up like Jacob.

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