Day 9: Portland
After getting up we decided to drive down the coast just a little bit before having to cut back to Portland. Though it didn't really rain last night, we did get to witness the typically dreary Oregon west coast as we headed out of Cannon Beach and were very glad to have had such great conditions when we arrived yesterday While driving through some small towns we passed by the
Tillamook Cheese Factory and knew we had to stop. Honestly, coming here was a lot more fun that we had thought and it the overall cheese and other dairy process was surprisingly interesting. We hung out for a while to watch the organized chaos and automated machines before heading down to the tasting area and going into lactose overload by sampling everything possible. After hitting the road once again we drove to
Mt. Hood to take in the view, but had no real time to climb. On the way back towards Portland we did make a stop to do a little bit of hiking around an alpine lake that had some nice views of Mt. Hood itself. We had to get back into town in order to join the local
Portland Humpin Hash to do a trail.
I've always enjoyed away events as a fun way to meet new folks and had a great time on the trail. Unlike a lot of the Florida hash groups, this was a real running hash; there were no walkers. trail was about 5 miles of various terrain and they had about 50 or so folks, which is apparently typical for them. We had a few beer stops and I was able to keep to the front and was surprised as to how well Chris and Danny were able to keep up and how much they seemed to enjoy the event itself. In typical fashion the locals made us very welcome and we had a great time. Kim, our host for the first night we were in town, was kind enough to include Danny in our floor space arrangements that evening once we got back to the house. Overall, a very fun day.
After getting up we decided to drive down the coast just a little bit before having to cut back to Portland. Though it didn't really rain last night, we did get to witness the typically dreary Oregon west coast as we headed out of Cannon Beach and were very glad to have had such great conditions when we arrived yesterday While driving through some small towns we passed by the Tillamook Cheese Factory and knew we had to stop. Honestly, coming here was a lot more fun that we had thought and it the overall cheese and other dairy process was surprisingly interesting. We hung out for a while to watch the organized chaos and automated machines before heading down to the tasting area and going into lactose overload by sampling everything possible. After hitting the road once again we drove to Mt. Hood to take in the view, but had no real time to climb. On the way back towards Portland we did make a stop to do a little bit of hiking around an alpine lake that had some nice views of Mt. Hood itself. We had to get back into town in order to join the local Portland Humpin Hash to do a trail. 
I've always enjoyed away events as a fun way to meet new folks and had a great time on the trail. Unlike a lot of the Florida hash groups, this was a real running hash; there were no walkers. trail was about 5 miles of various terrain and they had about 50 or so folks, which is apparently typical for them. We had a few beer stops and I was able to keep to the front and was surprised as to how well Chris and Danny were able to keep up and how much they seemed to enjoy the event itself. In typical fashion the locals made us very welcome and we had a great time. Kim, our host for the first night we were in town, was kind enough to include Danny in our floor space arrangements that evening once we got back to the house. Overall, a very fun day.
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