For Sophisticated Menu With Ocean View, try Tidal Raves Seafood Grill in Depoe Bay.  Combine Romance and Fun at Pelican Pub & Brewery in Pacific City. For quality, relaxed dining walk down to Roseanna's Cafe in Oceanside.

We have the perfect gathering spot for meetings, reuniuons, weddings and simple events.  The room offers  280 DEGREE VIEW OF THE OCEAN.  

July 23rd is the Rockaway Street Dance.  At the Garibaldi Museum, see Will Dixon a local woodcarver and storyteller.

 

For a little shopping, Tillamook will hold its Moonlight Madness on the 29th

 

My favorite is Tillamook Northwest Classics Fly-In/Cruise-In - everything classic is at the Naval Air Museum on July 30th.

 

July 30-31 is Garibaldi Days with parade, vendors, and beer garden. You can also reserve a seat on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Dinner Train - a 3 hour excursion along Tillamook Bay and a four course meal.

 

Plan ahead so you can visit it all. 

Found a great Eco Guide Service  that provides flat-water tours on Tillamook County's local waterways. Most people are know are getting a bit frustrated with our cooler (and wetter) weather this summer.  Still, who wants to waste summer days?  Those raised in the Northwest can't always handle being out in the full sun anyway.  Solution - go kayacking.  Get a little exercise, view fabulous wetland fowl and slough life without baking.  A water proof hat and a windbreaker will do you fine.  I have added kayacktillamook.com to my recommended sites list.

On of the best weekends of the summer.  Pacific City celebrates it's 52nd annual Dory Days fewstival with prade, boats, vintage cars and artisan fair.  The Garibaldi Museum reenacts 18th century sailors and ropemaking (the other kind of hemp festival !).  Rockaway Beach has a Beach Fire Festival and Concert.  Hard to chose.

Might seem far off, but it is our busiest time of the year.  I recommend making reservations soon.

Now is the time for beachcombers to come visit.  At these low tides, you can  wonder through the cliff tunnel, accessing the arch rocks, discovering the rarely uncovered sealife.  Be sure to review tide schedule so you know the time of the lowewst tides.  It can be frustrating to show up only to discover lowest tide has already passed for the day.

At Clifftop Inn, we try to give you the best of both worlds when you stay with us.  This website offers a wealth of information on all the activities readily available to you in the area.  From museums and shops to outdoor challenges and festivals, your days can be action-filled. And when you come back to Clifftop, we want to offer you an escape into a low-key, quiet seclusion. With almost everyone heavily into technology, intensity and all that white noise there are rare times in our lives when we can really get-a-way.  We want to offer you that 'time-away'. Moments of true rest and an enveloping ocean life ambiance.

At Clifftop you can actually feel the pounding of the surf at high tide and even feel and smell the salt spray as the wind carries it upwards.  And the sounds are amazing: the eagle screech, seals barking and waves crashing.  This is why we do not have televisions in the rooms (our eagle's nest look-out with a 180 degree view of the sea does offer a television with recording and large tape selection) and the telphone is available for your use in the office.  We have found it almost impossible to prevent one guest from hearing another guest's TV unnless volume control is so low as to irritate each guest listiening to a show.  If we sound-proof more than we have, you would not be able to experience the ocean and wildlife as you can with us now.

So look to us for a true escape from the hecticness of everyday life. Enjoy alternating the intensity of Oregon Coast activites with rest at our Pacific Ocean front retreat.

 

Now this is my first attempt.  Although some of the pictures are not in the correct format, it does give the visual feel I wanted to share.  I suggest you click the full screen in order to better see some of the nature shots.  Let me know what you think.

We love how every sense is touched here at the Clifftop Inn.  My favorite is the smell of the ocean. I think it's best early in the morning when the ocean mist still surrounds the top of our private cliff.  Most people like the beautiful sunny days for lying on the beach or seeing the Pacific go on for miles. Me, I like the storms.  I want the ocena spray blowing in my face and hear the crashing of those huge waves against the rock. And after the storm comes the best beach combing discoveries.

This is our first blog to share with you. We look forward to writing more on a regular basis.