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Oregon Coast II

July 26, 2008 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
After the swim I was seriously freezing for a good hour. Keith got annoyed because I was driving with the heat cranked, but my feet were seriously numb for at least a half hour...

After some more driving, we rolled into Tillamook. I'd heard about their cheese factory there and the tours you can go on, and I was amazed to find that (A) it was right off US101 and (B) it was still open! So Keith and I pulled in and went on the self-guided tour and watched mega blocks of cheese get cut and processed. Didn't see them actually MAKE the cheese -- I have a feeling that's "proprietary info".

Sampled some cheeses (the 2-3yr aged cheddar was awesome), then hit the road.

Stopped again in Lincoln City because we kept seeing signs for a SINBAD show at the casino in town, so we went to the casino! HA! Unfortunately it was sold out, so we couldn't go. Checked out the buffet (since we hadn't eaten since 10AM and it was now 7PM), but it was shitty and $15, so we kept rolling.

Finally made it to Newport at sundown. A thick fog rolled into the coast when we got there, and while we were trying to find this little restaurant I'd heard about, we came across THE Rogue Brewery + restaurant. We couldn't pass that up, so we stopped up there. SOOOO AWESOME. Tried some terrific brew -- AMAZING BEERS -- and the food was excellent, too! The bar/restaurant entrance takes you THROUGH the brewery and upstairs above it, with a sweet overlook of the bay, which was socked in by fog, but very very cool.

By the time we were done eating and drinking, it was 10PM, so we just drove back to Eugene.

This day started off really TECH, but turned out AWESOME. GREAT DAY.