20250331 Monday, March 31, 2025 Cape Disappointment to Tillamook

20250331 Monday, March 31, 2025 Cape Disappointment to Tillamook

The Blue Heron French Cheese Company

Harvest Host site, Tillamook, OR

We hit the beach one last time this morning.  It was raining, but there wasn’t much wind.  The rain did have a tendency to wash away clam shows, but the lack of wind kept the waves from finishing the job, so many clam shows and residual shows were still visible. The rain did seem to make the clams go deeper, so we had to frequently plunge more than once to get to the clam at the very bottom of the hole.  But with some effort, we did get our limits.  After processing our limits, we hit the dump station again to empty the black and grey tanks and top off the fresh water.  We had run the generator on the main LP tank since our auxiliary was empty.  

We then headed back into Long Beach one last time to fill up the LP tanks before heading south into Oregon.  We made a refueling stop at Fred Meyer’s in Warrington where diesel was $3.69/gal.  Most places we have driven by have been selling diesel for over $4/gal.  We also stopped at the Warrrington Costco to have lunch with Costco samplers and hot dogs.  

We arrived in Tillamook around 5 p.m. and were able to tour the Tillamook Creamery, where we cheese samplers, and then checked in at the Blue Heron French Cheese Company, a Harvest Host site.  There were 6 other rigs already in their parking area, so this is a very popular Harvest Host site.  There was fortunately plenty of space in their huge, nicely graveled parking lot.  

Driving around in the sun today did get our batteries above 95% by the time the sun started setting.  They had discharged to about 55% this morning. 

We were hoping to find a TV broadcast signal in Tillamook, but alas, there were none.  But there is a cell phone signal, so we access the internet for browsing and streaming.  

Tomorrow, we hope to make significant progress towards California and will plan on driving nearly 300 miles to Medford, Oregon.  There is a winery there which is also a Harvest Host site.  The Costco near Medford also has diesel, but we will probably need to find another place to refuel near Salem on the way there.