After our great breakfast at Seaside, we took a long walk on the Promenade before checking out of the Best Western Oceanview Hotel. Another day of beautiful sunshine followed us down Highway 101. We stopped at Tillamook cheese factory where we bought cheese curd, smoked salmon, smoked tuna, salmon pate, meat sticks and other snack delicacies. We left 101 to take the long way out to the peninsula southwest of Tillamook. We drove past lush green forests, a long bay and finally the ocean. We ate lunch at a popular tavern on the beach before returning to 101.
About 4o’clock we reached what was once an old Indian settlement white settlers named “Ocean View” in 1887. In 1916 it was renamed “Yachuts”, the name of one of the local tribes that had been removed in the 1870’s. We lucked out again when we spotted the Adobe Resort. We got a corner suite with a dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room with a fireplace. We could sit in our living room with the front door open and watch the ocean waves crash against the rocks. The price was an unbelievable $139.
The long Lodge curves to take full advantage of the ocean view. The restaurant and lounge windows face the ocean which is just a few feet away. We could watch the sea gulls gather on the beach as the waves splashed over them. Two small beaches, each covered with coarse sand and pebbles, are the only places for miles where regular smelt “runs” occur directly on the beaches.
We fantasized spending a week at the Adobe Resort as the rhythmic sound of waves splashing just feet away put us to sleep.
