so, the next few posts will be attempts to update on what has happened in the last month. at the beginning of august, brad's family came to visit. i hadn't seen them since last may, so it was really great to see them. they were staying on the coast at a resort near lincoln city, so brad and i went up there with them for a few days.
and it was very exciting because we got to go to the tillamook cheese factory! it's a huge company around here that makes really fabulously delicious dairy products. so we got to watch all the massive blocks of cheese go by, taste cheese curds, and get amazing ice cream.
[looking down into the factory watching huge blocks of cheese go by]
it was cool to see some of the more northern coastal areas. tillamook bay and cape meares are really beautiful.
[tillamook bay]
[cape meares]
since they're from the east coast and this is the first time they'd been to oregon, brad and i really wanted to take them tide-pooling. of course, we're always working the best tides, but we still managed to get out to otter crest at a somewhat decent tide. and even though we couldn't see a lot (being covered with water and all), we still managed to see some pretty fun nudibranchs and chitons.
[inspecting the rocks]
[sea lemon nudibranch]
[hairy chiton]
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