Tillamook OR: Hidden Gem or Overhyped? 🧐

[@Alaskancrabpuffs21]

I live in Tillamook and many people here don't want Tillamook to become a tourist town. That's why the town council has been making sure things like Walmart and such dont create more traffic than we already get.

[@jaypickett3552]

Thanks for the delicious cheese. I had two sandwiches tonight. I'm eternally grateful!

[@GoddessDiv]

I live in South Tillamook County. I put Tillamook on my Social Media cause I'm a content creator myself.

[@larrysherk]

If the people of Tillamook really love living there, of course they are NOT interested in making the place more attractive to tourists ! There's more to life than profits !

[@Stache987]

Tell that to corporate America.. especially Shell Oil

[@krisshaw9464]

i was born and grew up there loved and missed the place been twenty years since i been there

[@krisshaw9464]

plus it floods heavily evrey year

[@garysadventures101]

@@krisshaw9464 wrong. we get a little every year. gone in 24 hrs.

[@35mm21]

Most of the time the profits don't go to the locals anyway

[@alethaw1406]

To know Oregon coastal towns is to know they don't want you to be impressed. They don't want a "revival". They especially don't want Californians moving in and mucking up their town like they've mucked up so many other towns in Oregon. This video was pretty amusing.

[@jamiecosgrove1950]

i moved to tillamook in jan 1976. because i came from california, it became clear i was not welcome. i was unable to find anything more than a temporary 3 day job, so after 4 months, i returned to california. it was too cold and rainy, and the people were not friendly.

[@jessicamesser6933]

100% this we love our small town feel! I live in cloverdale and don't want california in our county!

[@jacobremington3239]

​@@jessicamesser6933ha hell yeah that's true. The summers are terrible depending where im working, like taking off from kilchis onto 101 is my worse fear in the summer lol my aunt lived in Cloverdale many years ago when she was married to a farmer out there. I grew up in tillamook and am still here

[@kevenlawson7600]

Greetings from a Tillamook local. As much as I appreciate a video documenting my hometown I couldn't help but notice this video skipping over a number of notable attractions. The air museum, pioneer museum, our outdoor activities. You didn't really mention our restaurants in detail.

[@ttbrown3384]

OR LaTeaDa tea shop! Lucky to get a reservation when you're in town, it's the bombastic!

[@jacobremington3239]

Outdoor activities lol watching the strung out crackheads be crackheads is a great tillamook pass time. They have a camp set up behind an old car dealership lot lol damn tillamook sucks I hate living here lol

[@genedieken164]

Unlike many coastal Oregon towns, Tillamook has pretty much resisted turning itself into a touristic theme park, ala Cannon Beach, Newport, or Lincoln City. It's essentially a county seat with reasonably good services for locals. Visitors are welcome of course but they are typically going to the Creamery or the beach. Houses in town are small/modest because they were built for worker families in the heyday 50s. My experience living in a place where tourists are common is that they often arrive with an odd sense of entitlement.

[@herbhungry7565]

Trust me, We see no shortage of tourists thanks to those surrounding tourist traps... Rockaway being one of those places...

[@disillusioned070]

"They often arrive with an odd sense of entitlement". What a great description. That is exactly the way most of us living in Tillamook see those from Portland or the Valley (people living east of the Coastal Mountain ranges), otherwise known as "Flatlanders". Many come here, use and abuse the resources and leave nothing in return except trash, damage, and bad attitudes.

[@HomesteadForALiving]

I grew up with one of the dairy farmers who are part of the Tillamook Cheese Co-op. Great multigenerational family farms that care a lot about their product. If you can’t visit tillamook in person, at least try their cheese!

[@beccas.7762]

Amen!

[@waynejensen5449]

I took me children through the cheese factory tour, they were probably too young to really appreciate it. That coast is just awe inspiringly beautiful.

[@grabarzowaty]

I love Tillamook cheese. This is the only brand I trust.

[@HomesteadForALiving]

@Marty Zink I’ll have to look his channel up!

[@lissablue176]

Love my times there, love the quilt store in the 90’s

[@garysadventures101]

Well..ya left out a few things...how about four rivers running through the town. the Tillamook ,the trask, the wilson and the kilchis rivers, best salmon and steel head fishing ever, not to mention swimming and camping spots. we have museums to visit. lots of pubs and breweries. visit one of the 80 dairy farms and see how its done. FOR FREE! No mention of the air museum and blimp base. North of town is a flood plane from Rosenberg builders supply to Fred Meyer. Thats why not much happening there. The main part up in town is so narrow because they use to run cows through the streets back in the early 1900's. massive hiking , forest roads, and water falls to visit. Sand lake dunes recreation spot...20 minutes away. Fresh sea food spots every where. I can go to the beach or the mountains in ten minutes. You may get stuck behind a poop wagon or feed truck loaded with corn with a welcome to Tillamook smell so be ready. Ya gotta love the smell of money. Thumbs down for your review. and yes...I'm a life time resident.

[@eileensimpson3725]

You forgot the Tillamook Air Museum It's a fantastic place heading south out of Tillamook. There's so much to see on Coast from Washington State to California. Thanks for all the great videos

[@estebanesteban6679]

Whenever I go there my family has to drag me out.

[@janethorp2114]

Those aircraft hangars are so AMAZING

[@normanash5289]

Two negative things about Tillamook, it frequently floods and often smells of manure. Positive things, very friendly people and beautiful scenery all around.

[@RoadWarrior48]

Agree! We stayed in a motel on the east side of road and the manure smell was AWFUL! And it does flood sometimes. Love the Creamery!! Tillamook cheese and ice cream is tops!!! The town was more important during WW2 when the blimps were stationed there. Also they had an air museum there that was an attraction but was partially moved to Madras, Oregon.

[@jacobremington3239]

Oh come on it only floods in the late winter lol and it smells of manure pretty much all the time yeah I hate it here..

[@2chuck]

I love Tillamook. They have one of the most interesting local museums of any small town I have ever visited. My GF. dragged me in under protest, but then she had to drag me out because it was so good. They have the WWII Blimp Hanger outside of town, the largest clear span wooden structure in the World at 15 stories high. When I first stating going to Tillamook there were two identical hangers, but one burned down in 1992. There is an Air Museum housed in the remaining hanger that you can tour for a small admission price. The Cheese Factory is quite popular. I first went there in the 1970s and it was a lot smaller and not as commercial as now, but it's still definitely worth a visit. I used to buy cheese curds from the factory store, but they have gotten outrageously expensive, I think about $12/pound last year. There is no admission charge to go in though. When I go in the summer there is always a wonderful fragrance of fresh clover in the air all over town. Parts of Downtown look like it's stuck in the 1950s, but not in a bad way. It's not as spectacular on the surface as many small towns, but there is something about the place that intrigues me. I always visit every time I go to the Oregon Coast, which is about once a year.

[@judytyler1870]

I haven't been there for 4 years but they used to have a WWII blimp hanger that housed the Tillamook Airplane Museum. I know they moved out some of the planes but the blimp hanger is impressive. It is built of huge pieces of lumber as the frame. It was built quickly during the war along with others to house blimps that patrolled the coast looking for Japanese ships or submarines ( I don't remember which). The other hangers were all taken down at various times after the war. The framework is exposed so you can see all of the wood and the techniques used for building it. My husband was able to ride in a WWII fighter plane while visiting there. There is also a museum in town which houses some interesting displays including a variety of stuffed salmon. Who knew they were that big? There was a different museum that housed a display of antique quilts. The Blue Heron French Cheese shop is a good stop for lunch and to purchase some cheese and knick knacks. The town is also known for the barn quilt display on many of the town businesses and on the houses and/or barns in the surrounding area. There is a map available to identify all of the painted quilt blocks on businesses and private homes. I also visited a plant nursery that was really nice. I think they served lunch there as well. I know that local women met there weekly to play Mah Jongg! Jane's Fabric Patch was a well stocked quilt store. I remember various food trucks. One had excellent hamburgers (Recess). Another had great Mexican food (I can't remember the name) and a third specialized in Hawaiian food (Nani Papas). It seems like they were at various spots off Hwy 101 but I could be mistaken. There was also a store that specialized in different types jerky on Hwy 101 in the northern part of town. Hopefully these places survived the COVID shutdown and are all still there! One of the more interesting sights and smells is when you are in the area on manure spreading days. The dairies recyle the cow manure from the dairy herds and broadcast spray it on the fields to ensure well fertilized healthy grass for the cows to eat!

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

Got to love the winter rains that last for over 6 months a year. The grey skies detour potential residents from settling here.

[@VesaJay]

I guess what it comes down too is if you're into the the things that Tillamook makes you'll realize that the quality of what they make is far superior than other companies that do the same thing.

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

I won't say they're the best, but they're great that's for sure!

[@VesaJay]

@@NoamTheGOAT50 definitely

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

@@VesaJay thanks

[@jtwanderer6328]

AAAHHH! You missed the best part! A lovely drive along the river/bay takes you to the actual wide beach with tide pools --- Cape Meares. I mean it's been a few years since I was there, but it was beautiful.

[@loriperry602]

The town used to be a thriving place, but when the lumber industry left and jobs left with it the town went down and never recovered. I was born there but didn't stay (Seattle for past 50+ years). Our family home was right across the street from the cheese factory. My mom owned a restaurant called The Tiki just on the edge of town, my brother was a commercial fisherman with a FV out of Garibaldi, and my dad was a foreman at Louisiana Pacific Sawmill in Tillamook (it's now the Air Museum).

[@loreleilarson8031]

We do still have 3 saw mills🙂

[@loriperry602]

@@loreleilarson8031 It's still not enough to give that town a good economic base for citizens to have jobss and thrive. Wish you could go back in time and see what kind of thriving place it once was. Louisiana Pacific had thousands of employees. The lumber mill in Garibaldi also was a large one. I doubt 3 sawmills employ thousands of employees.

[@loreleilarson8031]

@@loriperry602 yes they had more mills and more jobs back then but THOUANDS at one sawmill.... hmmmmm.

[@loriperry602]

@@loreleilarson8031 no not thousands at one mille. Louisiana Pacific employees thousands in several places and many jobs that were secure and could give a sense of not going away soon. Rather than mom and pop sawmills they have now. There is no comparison to the size of the lumber industry then vs. now.

[@ulfthegoon]

Town isn't all that exciting, but the surrounding hinterlands are really picturesque. Try going in December. It's really nice because its not crowded at all.

[@Gunfighter25.5]

You forgot the Tillamook Air Museum, it is inside a WW-2 airship hanger. Very good air Museum.

[@laniejones8747]

They also have the Tillamook Smoker a little north of town that has jerky that meets the quality bar of Tillamook cheese. Yes, I’m a native Oregonian. 😀💙

[@beccas.7762]

Therefore you hate me, a native Northern Californian.

[@jacobremington3239]

Well northern California can be the exception, we're adult, we know LA and san francisco are south and also let's be real, humboldt county has some of the best weed i've ever smoked and i've smoked for the last 15 years, northern cali is ok in my book. Also when I was a wildland firefighter in 2020 I almost died in northern California fighting wildfires and nor cal fire guys saved my life so they good also

[@joanhall3718]

Odd review. Tillamook isn’t a tourist town. I think you missed that it’s a normal small town for locals. It’s got grocery stores, hardware stores etc. Many of the towns that are actually on the Oregon coast completely cater to tourists but don’t have normal stores and services needed for the people who actually live there.

[@Alaskancrabpuffs21]

Yes, this sums it up perfectly

[@jacobremington3239]

I live in tillamook and you said it perfectly.

[@martiansonmaui1749]

Nice video series. Tillamook Air Museum is actually pretty cool. Some great vintage aircraft including dirigibles. The old hangar was the largest free-standing wood building when it was built during WW2. There was an identical one that burned down, but they both served as the base for the US Navy blimp fleet.

[@jacobremington3239]

Fun facts, the old hanger that burnt down still has the 4 pylon or towers that were made of concrete, I think they were the corners of the old hanger, but you can climb them, inside there is retarded ladders in the walls and it's just a hole in the floor, rebarb ladder goes up about 15 ft at a time to another concrete slab floor with the next ladder next to the hole you climb out of, I think there were 5 levels, we didn't go on the roof but at the top there is a couple big rooms that can see a good amount of tillamook. I think I was 15 or 16 when I did that lol

[@travelinrob406]

I like Tillamook, but why does every town have to rely on tourism? 'Mook has a robust economy without tourism. Friends I've known from there thought it was a great place to grow up. Let's not always get caught up in the dependency of the tourist dollar. Otherwise, a nice representation of the town.

[@an7ici7izen64]

Tillamook is not a tourist town... It's a farming and timber coastal town. The Creamery is the only real "attraction". There are not much amenities for visitors, not many restaurants, and only a handful of local shops downtown. The locals mostly hate tourists bc they often show up all at once, clog the roads, parks, and beaches and literally make a literal mess of the place that is left to the locals to clean up. 4th of July clean-up on the nearby beaches is still on-going. High crime and poverty rates and city infrastructure stretched thin as well. It is a pretty area, which is most of the draw, but the air is fragrant with the smells of many active dairies so hope you're upwind.

[@jacobremington3239]

Man even if your upwind the smell will permeate on your clothes and stay with ya in your nostrils lol I'm a local lol please help!

[@MTknitter22]

Tillamook businesses need tourists. Without them coming thru, many would die.

[@timmillan6701]

The town is just fine, the creamery facility is quite impressive, the Dark Oregon Cherry ice cream is peerless

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

I kinda like that it's not living up to its potential, if that means fewer people! Thanks, Briggs.

[@lucemthomas]

i live in Oklahoma now. I'm from Oregon, and Tillamook is where i has some great fun. this fletcher taught me how to shoot a bow and make arrows. i used to live in Astoria, Cannon beach and seaside. i miss it all so much.

[@jeffanderson3962]

I actually liked the Blue Heron creamery. A nice alternative if you've previously been to the Tillamook creamery and want to avoid the crowds.

[@juneleicht1261]

I love the Tillamook Cheese Factory. There is also the Blue Heron Cheese place that is really good too. They make a really good lunch as well. The town isn't too impressive as you stated and they could really do things to bring in more tourists. The air museum is amazing and if you have a historical bone in your body you will love the rich history of the place. Great videos, keep them coming. I suggest you come to Long Beach WA and do a video. The summer is the best time to come.

[@jacobremington3239]

I'm a Tillamook local, we don't like tourists. Go away. We are working.

[@JC-il4or]

Tillamook products are excellent. Yes, we have them in Texas, Briggs. The town looks sleepy, a look I could get used to after watching my pleasant little Texas town get overrun with out-of-staters. Thanks for the small town vids! Not everyone wants to party, fight traffic just to grocery shop, and listen to sirens day and night.

[@HeIiax]

Loved seeing Tillamook come up on this channel! My wife and I honeymooned in the area and we loved the serenity and natural beauty that's on a slightly-less traveled part of the country!

[@kevinc8369]

My wife and I stayed in rockaway for our 5th anniversary 3 years before we actually ended up moving to Oregon. Amazing place!

[@samijowag]

There’s no potential cause 75% of the land is in a Flood zone! They can’t really do anything else. The only part they can really build reliable business on is around where you went to sunflower flats, that very small strip 🤷‍♀️ It’s charming and I LOVE it here. Just make sure you invest in flood insurance if you move here 😂

[@LordBobberton]

A real gem is the nearby Cape Lookout State park where you can get a camp site and walk to the beach real close (reservations have become crowded. We had to reserve a yurt 6 months in advance but tent sites are easier). The creamery has greatly improved from the past. I remember going and getting the 38 flavor ice cream tour. Much less crowded back then and the viewing windows were busier so you could see more. Cheese samples were also fun grabbing toothpicks and getting cheese. It's much nicer now and more streamlined but I do miss the small feel to it.

[@jacobremington3239]

Yeah I guess if your not a local that place is cool. I know of some really cool places here though that you wouldn't believe we're of this world. Tillamook native.

[@russelljohnson4527]

on your NEXT trip to Tillamook, go see the Dirigible hangar. it's wood and ENORMOUS! they got some pretty neat displays of airplanes and stuff too.

[@jillpruett4772]

My father and second wife moved out of Hillsboro to Netarts in early 80's, very close to where you were filming. When Dad passed in 2010, my brother took the double wide mobile home on land as his inheritance. He is still living there. Thank you for featuring the area and for the work you do.

[@marksneedly7365]

Just south of Tillamook you've got the Tillamook Air Museum. It's worth the visit for the structure alone- a massive WWII era blimp hanger made of wood, very cool. Then there's Munson falls a couple miles down 101.

[@gpl422sda]

My grandparents were really into Newport, it was their farm, they were bought out by the consortium that saw the future of a big town there. By the way their last name was Wilson, the river and the road, yup!

[@Govthos]

Tillamook is in every grocery store here in California now. They have wonderful cheese, of course, but the Merrion Berry Pie ice cream is the best thing since sliced cheese!!!

[@davidgrisez]

One place that I have been to a number of times when I went to Tillamook that was not mentioned in this video was the Tillamook Air Museum which is on the south end of Tillamook. I have also been to the Tillamook Creamery on the north end of Tillamook.

[@kazeryu17]

Whenever I visit family in Oregon, we always stop at the creamery. The cheese curds are worth the trip.

[@jenh7004]

Resident of a small town just north of Tillamook: to be fair, it is hard to entice people to live in a town that smells like a dairy farm. I am all for Tillamook staying Tillamook, frankly. Tillamook has a creamery, yes--but it is ALL of the surrounding areas of Tillamook County that contribute to the draw. For the record, that creamery has people waiting in lines that wrap around the building and the products are sold nationally.

[@jacobremington3239]

But yet most of the factory's cheese and ice cream is made with milk from a dairy in boardman, Oregon. The type of farm where the cows never see a pasture. Yeah tillamook is great, none of the officials or judges or police chiefs are corrupt, its swell

[@elisabeth28]

When I visited my sister in northern Idaho several years ago. I tried the Tillamook yogurt brand. Incredible the yogurt is probably the best I've ever had. So good!

[@jacobremington3239]

I live in tillamook an yeah the yogurt is the only thing I like from the factory

[@GreggBB]

It is a nice place. The creamery is pretty amazing. A big operation yet they keep the quality of all their products very high.

[@Fakeaorta]

The creamery is great. Been a few times. We were just there last week. Astoria is a great cith with some great food and bars. Inferno is a great place on the water.

[@percivalgooglyeyes6178]

Briggs, do a video on Friday Harbor WA, or maybe even Eastsound WA in the San Juan Islands. It's a very unique place and should be very interesting for your viewers.

[@ghostgurrl]

There are so many places here in tillamook you didn’t bother to put in your video🤷‍♀️ As a fellow Tillamookian myself, I think this town is great, it has its perk, has its iffy times as well. If you know where to go and look then your in luck

[@pacific-nw_artist9261]

I live in tillamook and I love it! It's such a beautiful, secluded place (surrounding mountains and such, not the town). The town is kind of run-down in some places but it has slowly been getting a face-lift. However, it's still a great place to live and grow up!

[@austinsandifer5006]

I Love the scenery Briggs,this is breathtaking ,Thankyou for this!!!

[@sithlorddarthbong4959]

I've lived on the outskirts of Tillamook since '07, in a small fishing town called Garibaldi...I absolutely love it here!

[@markbell5918]

I also was born in tillamook. You skipped over the air and pioneer museum and the blimp base lots of history like Japanese invasion, the worst forest fire the jeerky factory.

[@KathyCoker53]

I was raised in Rockaway. We did all the school shopping, doctors visits etc in Tillamook. Still have a lot of family in the Tillamook area. Beautiful area!

[@jimmyj422]

I'm at my second home in Rockaway. It's nice to go to Tillamook and get away from a town that's overrun with tourists and short term rentals.

[@mkseverance]

I grew up going to the Tillamook Creamery a few times as a kid. The visitors center was very small back then. Now it's really nice. I go there every year in August now. Best cheddar cheese in the country hands down!

[@ruthellerbroek623]

You have completely missed the point of small town living. We like the quiet and slow pace of life here. The first thing someone who moves here from California, or another large city area says, we need a Target store or a Wallmart Store or some other big business they miss. We like are little town because it's calm living, it's a close community. Everyone knows everyone and we all come together in an emergency or need. You start bringing in more tourists and our lives change. We already have problems with the tourist we get on our beaches now. They leave their trash everywhere and they treat the kids that work at the cheese factory horribly sometimes. Don't get me wrong they aren't all that way, but some are. When you wish for more exposure and more visitors you also have to be willing to take the bad that comes along with some of it. More exposure means more people wanting to move here and the next thing you know they're wanting to change our small town into what they left behind. Don't get me wrong, I have a couple of neighbors that moved here from California and I get along great with them. But they do quite often want Tillamook to get more commercialized, more big business. It is very hard to find a place to live here now, because so many of the houses have been purchased and turned into vacation rentals. So they are already changing our small community,

[@MTknitter22]

I know, you make good points but things never stay the same. You either manage the change so community integrity is fought for and maintained or things decline.

[@audiooddities9982]

I'm pretty sure they do have Tillamook ice cream in SoCal now, we have it in the San Joaquin Valley, (just bought some Malted Moo Shake today, lol) and I'm pretty sure I've seen in in Orange County the last time I was there

[@tinagarcia3571]

You are so funny, i came from a town [sonoma] that turned into a tourist town, Tillamook has it right serve the community not their tourist.

[@Sara-oo7er]

Real estate is 'reasonable'?!?! I currently rent an apartment in Tillamook...entry level houses (even trashy ones) are in the mid-300ks...that is hardly reasonable for a blue-collar community. Too many people coming here and buying up the housing to turn into weekend getaways and short term rentals, to the point that there is no affordable housing for people that work the jobs available in this area.

[@jacobremington3239]

Shit an on top of that there are no good jobs here in tillamook, this town really sucks for opportunities unless you were born into one of the family's that own the company

[@DoloresJNurss]

Hey, I grew up on Tillamook cheese in San Diego, which is about as Southern California as you can get. I was born in 1955, so it's been down there for awhile. You could only buy it in bulk back then, so maybe that's why it passed you by, if your family wasn't big into cheese--it came in big bricks covered in orange wax. But in my family, with the Native side Mexican and the White side Italian, buying big bricks of cheese made sense.

[@Stache987]

IIRC I've only seen their cheese in wholesale clubs, I did buy it once, but eating it all myself would have had its consequences. I've had to refrain since

[@FilmFlam]

Would love one on Astoria. Good series.

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

Soon.

[@FilmFlam]

@@WorldAccordingToBriggs YES!

[@MTknitter22]

There are a lot of people through the years (yes we lived there for seven years as the lumber and fishing industry began to go) who say what you did. It’s pretty but strange. Nobody says you have to turn it into a tourist town but the fact there never seemed to be any interest in maximizing the potential it did have was sad. The sharpest young people never stay because there simply is nothing to stay for. It is a great place to have a summer cabin or retire though!

[@matthewwynne939]

I lived in Tillamook for a few months, I thought I would have grown accustomed to the smell of the manure yet I never really did. You're certainly right about it it's not really being a coastal town, when I first moved there I thought I'd be going to the beach all the time, yet there wasn't anything super close by that didn't involve a park fee.

[@jacobremington3239]

Only tourists pay those fees I'm a tillamook local

[@cbmeski]

There are a couple of really good restaurants there. In fact, the best burger I had was at the restaurant with the mill you showed walking down the sidewalk. Very nice people. I was there in March. Loved it. Stayed in Oceanside.

[@jacobremington3239]

Oh yeah the Dutch mill, the owner Terry Philips sells cocaine!

[@gardenofjewels6618]

I was born & raised in Tillamook.. and still, to this day, do not understand why the town doesn't put more tourism attractions here, besides upgrading the cheese factory & heavily pricing everything..even the local shops are crazy priced..very hard for locals to shop anything that isn't tourism priced.. the main ave is the only highway that passes through the county, so it's no wonder everyone has to drive though it..just makes me wonder why even more so that the town doesn't pay more attention to better attractions beside cheese and oceans.. but, here's the thing, its ALL DAIRY FARMS here.. all the surrounding fields, open areas, are all already owned and being used..if not flooded every year(so they can't build on it).. unfortunately, the town of tillamook will most likely stay the way it is, a pass thru town, with cheese and oceans and forests.. if you can handle it raining 10 months of the year, as well as it being windy 12 months of the year, as well as the extremely high bursts of tourism from spring break to late fall, and our only 3 department stores getting cleaned out every time there's a burst of tourists or campers during camping seasons, and if you can handle only having mcdonalds or burger King for your fast food options(we only cook at home because of that), then this place is just wonderful! Quiet, completely green and full of trees. Can grow a garden out here.. umm.. own some animals.. relax in the quiet. Dance in the rain. Enjoy avoiding the tourists.. its a lovely place to live

[@garysadventures101]

McDonalds or BK? Really? YUK! i can count 16 restaurants just in the city limits . Brand new chevy dealership going in right in the flood plane. hasnt rained really since may and wont until oct. Saturday market every Sat in the spring and summer is great. Co. fair is even better. I can go to the beach or mountains in ten minutes. Lots of waterfalls. maybe take a couple side streets next time.

[@jacobremington3239]

Yeah definitely avoid McDonald's and burger King. Just look up McDonald's potato farms you'll never eat their fries again. Downys Cafe in bay city is great, they have giant cinnomin rolls

[@bigjames8579]

I grew up in Tillamook! It was a great place.

[@MTknitter22]

It really was in the old days when it’s culture was traditional - logging, fishing and TCCA was all Tillamook County milk and not so corporate.

[@livelikemateo6951]

I can relate to your first statement. When I lived in the PNW I visited the creamery/cheese factory several times without stopping in the town. Not because I didn’t want to it’s because I was just passing trough. It’s a beautiful area with a lot of out outdoor activities. I would visit the Wilson river for great Salmon fishing and the coast to fish Salmon, halibut and crab. Correction on the Tillamook products not being a big deal in So Cal. Both their amazing cheeses and ice creams have their own section in So Cals largest grocery store chain. I still eat both to this day. Yummy!

[@adamgronvold8608]

Me and my wife and parents went there I think last year. The cheese factory was my favorite part. They also had a fair going on where my wife tried blowing WAY too much money on a massage chair for me. It was like 7 thousand dollars. Thankfully I caught her before she sealed that deal. Then we went to a brewery.

[@Stache987]

And you can't remember if this was last year, you obviously get more vacation time than most of us, or the tasting area at the brewery served its purpose

[@adamgronvold8608]

@@Stache987 my memory is horrendous. It was either last year or the year before. My wife heard me doing the voice to text and didn't correct me so I'm assuming last year was correct.

[@michiganborn8303]

We passed through Tillamook 5 years ago and thought we stopped by the creamery but it didn't look anything like you showed. Looked. It looked like a red single story metal barn with big white letters that said Tillamook on the side. It was right off highway 101.

[@adriannamarie4547]

You probably came through during the remodel. They had a temporary visitors center to tour that was in a red barn.

[@michiganborn8303]

@@adriannamarie4547 You know, I think you're right come to think of it. All I remember was what I call the "Squeaky Cheese" which squeaked when you chewed on it kinda like what munster cheese does. Also there was a terrible heat wave in Oregon at the time and if we drove more than 10 miles inland it got like 110°F.

[@danielstevens3869]

I'll be there either later this month or next month. I love Tillamook and the air museum and the cheese factory. And it is only 40 miles from my hometown of Forest Grove.

[@clemfandango5886]

I like Forest Grove, went there all the time when I lived in Hillsboro. Much better than Hillsboro and Cornelius.

[@joehaynes5070]

Nice little town.....extremely prone to flooding, back in the day when there were lots of cattle nearby was common to see them sanding in water.

[@NYCHFAN]

Tillamook makes The Best cheese, the ice cream is great, too! Looks like a nice place to live, but from thisvideo, not very diverse. Thank you for this one! ✌️❤️

[@mattthemechanic3601]

I live in Seaside OR and really loved your video. I always get Tillamook jerky and taste some cheese whenever I'm there. You're right, us PNW locals love Tillamook stuff. But I got one concern; why did you call out and imply to make fun of the guy in compression socks? It wasn't really related to your visit of Tillamook and detracted from your story. Came off as kinda mean.

[@Teri_Head]

You can buy Tillamook cheese in Louisiana and Texas these days, so to me that’s pretty much nationally

[@disillusioned070]

My grandmother moved to Tillamook in the mid 1920's as a young teenager and my grandfather both lived in Tillamook and served in the Navy at the Air Base when it was an active military base so I've got deep roots here. I am always surprised at how many people, even locals, I talk to that haven't visited the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum on second and Pacific. They re-new their main floor exhibits regularly and there are some hidden gems in the basement but the real treasure, at least for me, is on the second floor. I can't remember (showing my age, LoL) the name of the taxidermist but the entire second floor is full of his work and he was world renowned in the field. And from downtown Tillamook the Ocean is less than 10 minutes away if you take Bay Ocean Rd to the spit. I think Tillamook is less than 5 miles from the Pacific as the crow flies. I live in the City of Tillamook and many nights I can smell the salt air. Despite the many complaints I hear about the smell of manure in the air it is not that common throughout the town and typically isolated to certain areas downwind from certain farms.

[@dbloom2002]

1 million people go to the cheese factory a year. I wouldn't say that's a small number.

[@arthurrubiera8029]

You are right, as a downtown it does not have anything going for it. What you failed to mention is the yearly flooding that occurs along 101 north and at various other places, often so bad that the roads are closed to any traffic!

[@barbarawadkins6002]

Not sure if you knew this, but, in Oregon people cannot own "Beach front" property...in Netarts or anywhere on the Oregon Coast. The Beach Bill promoted by Governor Tom McCall and signed in 1967 procted all of the Oregon Coast as being owned by the public.

[@BobPagani]

You can own beachfront property but NOT the beach itself.

[@teekev125]

Another great video. I think these small-town videos are great. I can't until you start talking to the locals and getting stories about the towns. Now to pick a little... Since you have done Tillamook, OR, and Tillamook Creamery, is it safe to say you will be doing a video on Brenham, TX, the home of Blue Bell Creameries? There is that great debate about who has the best ice cream in the country Tillamook or Blue Bell. I am a Texan and can only go with the state favorite, Blue Bell.😃

[@Stache987]

I miss Blue Bell, my favorite was simple.. the great divide. Here in Iowa were stuck with Blue Bummy. But the Turkey Hill brand I remember when I lived in Pennsylvania has become commonplace.

[@jnmsks6052]

We recently started getting Tillamook dairy products in my area in Michigan. I tried some cheese. Haven't tried the ice cream.

[@AlexCab_49]

The setting of the town "Arcadia Bay" in Life is strange is roughly based around Tillamook and other Oregon coast towns. You should review Grover or Pismo Beach on the california central coast even though both have around 10.000 people in it.

[@beccas.7762]

Nah, the coastal 805 is too populated now. Mr. Briggs would have better luck in Castroville (the 831).

[@AlexCab_49]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 Not really because I can't afford it and there aren't many jobs in the areas. I would only consider moving there if I had a remote job.

[@BradyKaynee]

If you want to eat at the Two Whale Diner... well you kinda can. At Aloha, Oregon... a suburb town of Portland, there is a diner called the Blue Moon Diner... the diner that the Two Whale Diner is based on. It pretty much has the same menu that Max orders from...

[@calebwhite1454]

Whats wrong with a small town not bringing in tourists? XD This is my kinda town

[@kristopherfox422]

The guy that you call a hoodlum actually owns the building he's in front of.

[@Gunbucket1964]

I put the blimp hangars in the Guinness Book back in 1977. My dad worked there from 1956 to 1982 when hangar "A" was Tillamook Veneer and later Louisiana Pacific.

[@eyeofmit]

Here in NH I get the cheese and ice cream, was cool seeing where it comes from

[@mistywaters5550]

They used to have all the ice cream samples you could eat at the creamery. Their Cheddar Cheese has won international awards

[@diamond6719]

I have always lived in Oregon I’ve been to other states. But they don’t compare to our state

[@naomiemoore5725]

Tillamook is a big deal here in Southern California too. Considered one of the "better" brands of dairy products. Love the cheese and ice cream.

[@ScottByeTX]

The smokehouse across the cheese factory is amazing. They have the absolute best Halibut and chips.

[@donnabarre9723]

I’m not sure if you are trying to sell it or encourage people not to bother. As an Oregonian I’m offended. We love Tillamook!

[@tamikoestomo3275]

This Indonesian from Bogor, West Java is delighted with the tour you offered through Tillamook, a lovely place. Thank you very much! Wish I could offer you a tour of Bogor's world-famous Botanical Gardens! 🙏💖🙏👍👏🌴🇮🇩🌴🇮🇩🌴❣️

[@sarge420]

The Tillamook Cheesemakers. Grew up in Toledo OR, 2hrs south of here. Greatest cheese produced, and a fun golf course. #15 is Cardiac Hill will a cable to help you up the hill.

[@jimmyl2595]

I absolutely remembered going to this town couple of times in between 2002-2004. I really love it and the whole State. Beautiful, relaxation and great people all over. Thanks for bringing back good memories!

[@larryjohnson6398]

Great video you should have went to the Flight Museum too that's really interesting I got a lot of cool stuff there have a great day thanks again

[@JasonStephens7]

Wish I could live here someday.

[@stevepreston7030]

Just watched and commented on the Silverton video, then saw this. I grew up in Rowland Heights, California and met a local gal from Tillamook and married her!!! I go to Tillamook a couple weeks a year on vacation. Love it there! Best authentic Mexican food on the West Coast in Tillamook at Tacos LA Providencia. Salmon fishing rivaling Alaska.

[@skletke7543]

I can't blame the people of Tillamook, once so-called progress starts, it RUINS everything.

[@marilyntatman5629]

My kid and her family live there, less than a mi from the cheese factory. They love it, we love it, but not for touristy stuff. People go there to fish. My kid lives on the Wilson and they fish every day. Everyone fishes, the three rivers, the bay, they crab and clam. It's 10 min to the beach or Garibaldi which is super touristy.

[@lorinapetranova2607]

I forgot how beautiful it is around there but winter can be quite cruel. I remember going to see cheese being made when I was in grade school. So fun n learned plenty. What's with the hangups about profit margins? You need a year at an ashram. You don't seem to like hardly anywhere. Many blessings.

[@aleah.a1]

You must have gone to the creamery on the wrong day, because I go there a lot and there is not that many people. I assure you, if you go again there will not be that many people. There is actually usually no one upstairs. So don’t worry! If y’all don’t like crowded places, this place is fine. It just depends on the day.

[@davidlarson2534]

My problem with living in the Tillamook is ya gotta live in Oregon, not that Oregon isn’t a beautiful state. But what do I know. I live in SoCal…

[@jacobremington3239]

Your just saying that cause all of oregon hates you Californians and you'd be run off lmao acting like it's your choice to move here or not hahaha we wouldn't let you!!

[@MTknitter22]

I know exactly what you mean.

[@wyattdrew6284]

Being born n raised in the bay area I can truly say that these are the cleanest streets I've seen

[@okboomer1340]

Do us all a favor, stay in the dirty streets of the Bay Area. Thanks.

[@brighamedwards5655]

Tillamook cheese is mostly produced from a factory farm in central oregon. The loafs are shipped to WI to be sliced. Only sharp cheddar loaves are made in tillamook. Everything else is produced outside of Tillamook.

[@loreleilarson8031]

There might be a little truth to what you are saying but I have to disagree with most of it. Your facts are just not correct. Like mostly? My family has worked there for the past 3 decades.

[@brighamedwards5655]

@@loreleilarson8031 They were sued and had to removed the "family owned" a few years back. Thats why all of the marketing had to be changed.

[@MTknitter22]

@@loreleilarson8031 The milk comes from many states. It used to be special milk because it was only Tillamook County cows. The bigger dairy farms do fine. The smaller ones struggle. It is much more corporate than it used to be.

[@MTknitter22]

@@brighamedwards5655that is true

[@paulturner3553]

How far inland does one need to go from the beach to not have fog issues most of the time?

[@virgoessence1233]

It’s a cool little, sleepy town. Thank you for the drive !!!