shopping

Tillamook Creamery

For cheese lovers, it’s like you’ve died and gone to heaven. When we visited, it was actually housed in a temporary space while they complete a brand new visitors center (opening later this month actually), but we still got to sample all the cheese, which is really the only thing I cared about. They also have a store on site, where we picked up some squeaky cheese curds for our cooler, as well as some Oregon beer & cider for when we reached our final destination later that night. If you are hungry, they also sell Tillamook ice cream, as well as some hot food items like grilled cheese sandwiches loaded with Tillamook cheese. We were still pretty full from breakfast, so we mostly just ate the samples and continued on our way, but it would be a great lunch stop if you time it correctly.