Adventuring With Friends.

Several weeks ago some friends of ours, Doug and Holli, visited.   We were able to spend one day adventuring together.    Our first stop was the Tillamook Air Museum.    The building that now houses the aircraft and wartime display, was built during WWII to store "K-class" blimps.  This building is overwhelmingly HUGE. 

This pictures shows other places in that U.S. where blimp bases were built. 

Ginormous!

The great door-way.

This is a "Mini-Guppy and one of the few displays you can climb inside.  It's also known as a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.

The intimidating sign before entering the "Mini- Guppy".

Mrs. Holli Ann exploring the inside of the mini-guppy.

 

 

The kids checking out the front of the guppy.

I think the nose of this aircraft is so funny looking.  Maybe this is the reason for the name "guppy"

This section of the display kind of wierded out the kids, until they learned that it was just a resting manikin.

 We enjoyed our time at the air museum.  There is so much to see and learn.   Our next stop was the city park for a picnic lunch.  It was a beautiful sunshiny day and we are into soaking up that sun, cuz the rain is a-comin!  
Next stop  the Tillamook Cheese Factory.  And no trip is complete without posing behind this photo prop or sitting in the bus.

 

Look at those blocks of cheesy goodness!

 The wonderful sample line- yum!

 

Kite flyin and cheese makin (6/17/13)

Kite flying and cheese making are two fun ways to spend a Monday.    For Carson's birthday, Pops had sent 3 kites.  So with great excitement we headed off to the beach to do some kite flying.

Carson happily flying his new kite.

The littlest dude chilling in the back of the Yukon out of the wind.

 

 

Kenzie watching the kites go higher and higher.

 

 

Run, run as fast as you can....

 

 

And then it was off to the cheese factory to watch them make delicious cheese.  And sample some of that delicious cheese!

And gaze longingly at the coolers full of delicious cheese.

And then enjoy some delicious ice cream.

For supper we ate seafood at the Fish Peddler in Bay City.  Evidently I was to busy enjoying my food to take any pictures.  

It's a Cheese Factory kind of day!

The Tillamook Cheese Factory is a fun place to visit! In fact during these 1.5 months in our new land, we have visited there several times.  

 

Those yellowish blocks are cheese.  Wonderful, delicious cheese!

I'll take a block of cheese, please!

And more cheese...

And then it's time to sample!  YUM!!

Then it's time for ice cream. :)   Happy kiddies!

Happy Mommy!

Psycho Daddy!

No tour is complete until you climb in the Volkswagen Bus and have your picture taken.

Such a fun, family activity filled with cheesy goodness!