Part 4: Cheese

Two places that we always visit while staying at the Rockaway Beach cabin are in nearby Tillamook.

The Blue Heron Cheese Company used to make cheese on site - French brie cheese. They still sell brie under their own label, but it is made somewhere else.

 You can taste cheese, wine, and many other local products at the Blue Heron, and we do, once we get inside, but first we have to visit the petting farm. 

 Well, at least I'm on the front end. 

It appears that I did not take any photos of all of the goodies inside, where we thoroughly browsed the samples and the gift shop, and came away with chocolate truffles, among other things. 

Then it was on to the famous Tillamook Cheese Factory, only this year we had to settle for a temporary visitor's center, while the old one has been torn down to be replaced by a larger visitor facility. This is one of the most popular tourist stops on the Oregon coast. That meant we couldn't actually watch cheese being made, like we usually do. However, they did have a fun dairy exhibit. 

 You can still sit in the Cheese Bus.

 And, of course, you can still get ice cream!

Here's mine - Oregon hazelnut salted caramel hot fudge sundae!

Jill even bought cheese!

I do have to add, with all of this caloric eating, that we did also eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables for lunch and dinners cooked at the cabin. Really. I promise.