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PDXFonz said:
I just got back from a 2 night trip to the coast and went to the Tillamook factory for the first time.

It was insane seeing how big the bricks of cheese they produce and cut down are. Seeing just how much of a process it is, but mainly seeing how much of it is handled by machines, and how many people it takes to man the line. Not sure I’ve seen what a massive manufacturing plant like that looks like.

Didn’t go to their meat area but saw a billboard that it’s home of the 2 foot meat stick. A bit down south in one of the towns I saw there’s a cafe called Double D’s. I think the two of them should collab.

Weather was basically perfect. Went during the week so it was less crowded than it will be this weekend.

Saw a lot of out of state license plates at the coast. Some I remember are: Lots of Idaho and Utah, and of course lots of Washington. Also saw Arkansas (Talked to them, they are on a road trip, came from Portland to the coast, first time they’ve been this far west. Have seen the ocean but not from the PNW.), British Colombia, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Alaska
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I think their jerky factory is separate than the cheese/dairy factory. It's up the street a bit headed towards Garibaldi and Rockaway.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Tillamook Country Smoker (meat stick home) is separate and distinct from Tillamook Cheese. Their product used to be sold at the cheese factory, but that all ended after the cheese people sued the meat people over use of Tillamook in their name in the early 2000's. Now, you need to go about 3 miles north of the cheese factory to the country Smoker outlet store (bright yellow signs, hard to miss) if you want that 2-foot meat stick.
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I always get a couple jars of their silver dollar jerky. Love that shit.
 
Chris Craig said:
I think their jerky factory is separate than the cheese/dairy factory. It's up the street a bit headed towards Garibaldi and Rockaway.
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We went to Pronto Pup in Rockaway which is cited as one of the originators of the corn dog. Completely forgettable experience. It was very crowded with tourists and the batter was not cooked all the way. Probably the worst corn dog I’ve had tbh.
 
PDXFonz said:
We went to Pronto Pup in Rockaway which is cited as one of the originators of the corn dog. Completely forgettable experience. It was very crowded with tourists and the batter was not cooked all the way. Probably the worst corn dog I’ve had tbh.
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Went there too a few years ago. No one was there. Not too bad, but certainly not the best.
 
PDXFonz said:
We went to Pronto Pup in Rockaway which is cited as one of the originators of the corn dog. Completely forgettable experience. It was very crowded with tourists and the batter was not cooked all the way. Probably the worst corn dog I’ve had tbh.
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Yeah, but the corndog ride outside is awesome.

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PDXFonz said:
We went to Pronto Pup in Rockaway which is cited as one of the originators of the corn dog. Completely forgettable experience. It was very crowded with tourists and the batter was not cooked all the way. Probably the worst corn dog I’ve had tbh.
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Yeah supposedly the corn dog was created in Rockaway which is something I had never heard. My grandparents owned a beach house there 20 years and the whole time we never heard about corn dogs originating there until that place popped up
 
Also of note: There were over 120 whale sightings in Depot Bay July 2023. There had only been like 23 in July 2024.

Wildlife employee said nobody is exactly sure why the numbers are so low this year. That it’s possible they are staying further up north, and that OSU’s marine biology department was planning on investigating the matter using heat signature radar to detect wales as they expel water from their spouts to determine the actual numbers and whether or not they are staying further away from the shore.
 
The Oregon City Municipal Elevator continues to operate as one of only 4 municipal elevators in the world and "Elevator Street" remains the only "vertical street" in North America.
 
e_blazer said:
I have no idea, but I'm certain that there's a hit country western song to be written using that line.
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I found her dear john, on my John Deere.
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I found her dear john, on my John Deere.
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.
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Great start. You’re going a couple more verses and a bridge incorporating whiskey and a dog named Buck.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
I found her dear john, on my John Deere.
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.
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Had it stuck in my head, so I've expanded...

Ain't no doubt that a farmers life is tough
Always up at dawn, workin' to the bone tryna make sure we have enough
Thought I had me a partner, on whom I could depend
'Till this mornin', it all came to an end...

When I found her dear john, on my John Deere.
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.

These fickle fields rarely give more than they take
No time to cry, gotta dry my eyes, and push through my heartbreak
But I can't help but wonder, as this diesel engine roars
If this farming life means I'm missing out on more...

'Cause I found her dear john, on my John Deere
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.

Did she ever give me warning?
Did I never hear her cry?
Did I never pay attention?
Do I really not know why?

I found her dear john, on my John Deere
She left it on my tractor, I couldn't even ask her
Why she took off from here.
She plowed my heart like I plow my fields
Now I'm drownin' in my tears
Since I found her dear John, on my John Deere.

Song-writing is hard. Don't know how @barfo does it.
 
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