Perfect Thursday

One word for today’s weather: perfect. Cloudless blue sky. No fog. Couldn’t ask for anything more.

We did our morning walks. I’ll run out of different things to photograph eventually. Here are today’s pictures from the stroll. The Village at North Pointe is our complex. You’ll get a view of a second marijuana dispensary. There’s at least one more. The other building pictures is Tidal Raves. Cat Lick Rock Park is interesting. Where did it gets its name? See the paragraph after the pictures.

So, Cat Lick Rock Park. “It’s a kooky tale that came about because of city discussions on how to enhance the look of the rock signage. They originally wanted a lot of moss to grow on the rocks, and ideas were thrown around on how to achieve this, including encouraging moss to grow. Someone suggested pouring buttermilk on the rock. “Then, someone said: ‘If you pour buttermilk on it you’ll have every cat in the neighborhood licking it. Thus the name simply stuck. It’s become a bit of a fascination on the internet as well, with some actually discovering the correct origin.”

Gracie’s Sea Hag Placard and Window Sign. ????

Later in the morning we decided on a trip north to Tillamook. First stop, though, was at Fishing Rock Park, just a mile or so north of the condo. There’s not even a sign for this park on the main road. You just have to know it’s there. It’s one of our favorite spots. We were the only ones there at 10:00 AM.

Then it was on to Tillamook. we stopped first at the famous Tillamook Cheese Headquarters. It’s an always jammed tourist attraction. The line was about 100 deep to get an ice cream. We used the rest rooms and left. Then we stopped at our primary Tillamook destination – the Blue Heron French Cheese Company. It’s a cheese store, a gift shop, a restaurant, a candy store, an ice cream store (serving Tillamook ice cream with no line), a wine store, and a petting zoo. They make and sell great brie and we got a couple of hunks to take home as well as some other appetizer type things. And we had our Tillamook ice cream as well as chocolate chip cookies. That was lunch.

On the way home stopped at a dahlia farm and bought some flowers for the condo. $1 a piece except for the big pink one which was $5.

Cocktails on the balcony watching lots of whales and a strangely calm Pacific – almost no waves. Dinner was at home as well. Very nice day, all in all. Hasta mañana.