In downtown Tillamook a road sign says "Portland 72 miles"
This is a pleasant drive from Tillamook to Hillsborough via Roads 6 and 26. Road 6 follows the forested Wilson River Canyon up to the 1,586 foot road summit, then down many hills into the Willamette Valley. A good part of this "Trees to the Sea" scenic highway is through the Tillamook State Forest lands.
The 40+ mile drive on Oregon Road 26 from Banks, North Plains, Hillsborough, into downtown Portland, then onto to Interstate 5 North and over the Columbia River Bridge into Vancouver and home requires a driver's full attention, good breaking skills, and driving very carefully in multi-lane heavy traffic conditions. Home again in Vancouver around 12:30.
I came home. Unloaded my Ford Escape vehicle. Filled the Ford with gas. Stopped at the new, all glass, Cannabis store by the Shell gas station and Home Depot. Sprayed off the car with water. Took a shower. Relaxed in my backyard garden for two hours. Smoked 4 puffs of cannabis. Safe and smiling.
The following text is a repeat of my Cloud Hands Blog post on Thursday, February 10, 2022:
Up early at 4 am. Reading, laptop writing and looking at images, sipping hot coffee. Time to pack my camping gear up and return to my nice home in Vancouver. At 8 am I started loading up my camping gear in my Ford Escape. You need to vacate the Yurt campsite by 10 am, however you can stay in the Park until 9 pm. I leave around 10 am.
Today, I drove from Cape Lookout State Park to Tillamook. Take out breakfast from McDonalds. Gas up my car at Chevron. Then, I took Oregon Road 6 back to Banks, and then Road 26 back into Portland, and then home to Vancouver. It was a relatively easy 100 mile drive. Lovely driving weather: dry and clear. Some grand views driving up Wilson River Canyon.
I figure the cost of gas at $80.00 for this trip. The Yurt campsite at Cape Lookout for three nights cost me around $240.
Karen and I have stayed in motels in Tillmook four times in the past two decades. We have driven through and visited the area many times.
On my next Yurt camping trip to Cape Lookout, I plan to: 1) Explore side stops in the Tillamook State Forest along Road 6. 2) Explore the sand dunes at Sand Lake north of Pacific City. 3) Hike on the Cape Lookout Ridge Trail. 4) Visit the Tillamook Pioneer Museum in downtown Tillamook. 5) Eat at the Tori Sushi Lounge, and the Fern Restaurant in Tillamook, and Schooner's in Netarts. There are two breweries/pubs in Tillamook: Pelican and Werners; and I'll purchase a Pelican beer when I get back home in Vancouver.
Another one of my fine adventures during Four Days in Grayland.
7th Yurt Camp: 2022 February
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Yurt Campsite at Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon, for 3 nights
Tillamook, Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, Netarts, Oceanside, Bayocean, Sand Lake, Pacific City,
Tillamook State Forest
Photos, Notes, Links, Information, Travel, Activities, Guides
Here are some photographs by me from this Cape Lookout Trip:
Here are some images from the Internet of this Beautiful Agricultural Area:
Tillamook valley and hills
Tillamook State Forest
Tillamook City Population 5,300 Images On US 101 and Junction with Oregon Road 6 leading back east to Portland.
Motels, restaurants, cafes, gift shops, grocery, banks, museums, dairy farms, lumber industry, hospital, gas, stores, services, supplies.
The Tillamook area has many dairy farms on green flat land east of the bay.
Tillamook Coast Visitors Guide
Tillamook Library Tillamook County Library System
Tillamook County Population 25,300 The City of Tillamook is the County Seat.
Tillamook Creamery Tours
Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Blue Heron French Cheese Company
Northwest Coastal Oregon Travel Guide: Astoria to Cape Lookout. By Mike Garofalo.
Bayocean Development Failure Story
Tillamook Bay Shellfishing Clams and Crabs
Barview Jetty County Park Campground, picnic, hiking. At the north jetty to Tillamook Bay.
Oyster Farming in Tillamook Bay - A History
Tillamook Bay Environmental History
Port of Tillamook Bay Information, History
"The bay is protected from the open ocean by shoals and a 3 mi (5 km) sandbar called the Bayocean Peninsula. It is surrounded closely by the Coastal Range except at its southeast end, where the town of Tillamook sits near the mouths of the Kilchis, Wilson, Trask and Tillamook rivers, which flow quickly down from the surrounding timber-producing regions of the Coastal Range to converge at the bay. The short Miami River enters the north end of the bay. The small fishing village of Garibaldi sits near the cliffs opening of the bay in the ocean. The rivers that feed the bay are known for their prolific steelhead and salmon runs. The mixing of freshwater from the rivers with the ocean's saltwater makes the bay an estuary.
The name "Tillamook" is Coast Salish word meaning "Land of Many Waters", probably referring to the rivers that enter the bay. At the time of the arrival of Europeans, the area along the coast was inhabited by the Tillamook and other related Coast Salish tribes. Historians believe they entered the area around the year 1400 and Lewis and Clark estimated the population south of the Columbia River along the coast at approximately 2,200."
- Tillamook Bay
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