(I have got behind in posting on my blog, so I will try to get it up-to-date in a few days.)
We spent 6 days at the Seaside Oregon Thousand Trails Park the end of May before returning to Washington. We were there over Memorial Day weekend and enjoyed the food and entertainment at the park.  We went into Seaside and visited the Seaside Aquarium and walked around the town. One of the days we drove to Tillamook, Oregon to go to the Tillamook Air Museum and the Tillamook Cheese Factory to have lunch, buy some cheese and have a bowl of delicious Tillamook ice cream.  We really enjoyed the area and hope to go back again.

Statue of Lewis & Clark

Just two of the many exhibits at the Seaside Aquarium.  The Seaside Aquarium opened in 1937.  It is a privately-owned aquarium and is one of the oldest on the West Coast.

 The view of the ocean & Oregon coast on the drive to Tillamook.

 The museum is in a former Military Blimp Hanger, called Hanger "B",  the largest clear-span wooden structure in the world.

 Hanger B was constructed by the US Navy in 1943 to house blimps for anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort.  Hanger A built the same year was destroyed by fire in 1992.  Together the 2 hangers housed 8 K-class blimps - each 252 ft long.

 After the surrender of the Japanese the blimps were sent to California and Tillamook NAS was decommissioned in 1946.

 The hanger has been home to one of the top five privately owned aircraft collections since 1996.