Saturday - to Aberdeen, WA

Long day today, even though it was only 230 miles. Probably because we ate out THREE times! Its disappointing that route 101 is such a poor road. Its slow and curvy; hard to make good time. 

The Fireside is the coolest place. On my morning walk along the rocky shore, I saw a bald eagle sitting on a rock. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera; just my phone which doesn't do zoom well. Before leaving Yachats we had a nice breakfast at the Blue Whale. So we didn't get out of town until about 10:30. 

Heading north on 101, our first stop was always beautiful Seal Rock. Quick stop in Newport just to see if the seals were there - they were. That's always a good spot to see working fishing boats. As we approached Tillamook we decided to have lunch at the cheese Factory, specializing, of course, in grilled cheese sandwiches. The place was packed but we enjoyed our lunch, including tomato soup with cheese curds (of course).

Today's weather was great! Sunny in the low 50s. We finally got to our Best Western hotel in Aberdeen about 6:30. At the clerk's suggestion, we had dinner at "Billy's", just a few blocks away. Great place. An old saloon/brothel in the industrial area. We enjoyed our meal watching North Carolina beat Duke in the NCAAs! Be sure to read about the Wishkah Winker! Tomorrow we go to Port Townsend and take the ferry to Anacortes. Sounds like we're in for a couple of days of nasty weather.