Tillamook, Oregon

The first Monday of August Terry and I travelled with my brother-in-law and sister-in-law to Tillamook, Oregon. It is a beautiful city next to the lovely Oregon coast. When I set up the book signing at the Cornerstone Bookstore, I thought it was probably a tiny place with a few fishermen and tourists. I was wrong. Tillamook is a busy city with many stores and a cheese factory and air museum.
Since Terry is a restless sort, I sent he and his brother to the air museum to wile away the two hours of the book signing. (Really who needs antsy men around a small bookstore rifling through the books and stuff.) My sis-in-law enjoyed shopping in the nearby stores. I, of course, stayed behind and had a great visit with Alisa, the owner of the store. I am afraid I purchased a few more dollars than I made at the book signing, but it was worth it. I found some great stuff. There was a wide selection of gift items and books. I was able to take care of some shopping that I needed to do for upcoming things.
I enjoyed meeting customers there and visiting and laughing with them.
We were also blessed to meet some very sweet fellow travellers at the Amarillo airport on our way to Portland. Among them were a retired cake decorator from Greeley, Colorado and a couple from Midland, Texas and their daughter. While we were visiting we found that some of them knew people we knew. I am so glad that we had our conversation with them.
Terry and I had to sit in different areas of the plane on the trip home, but each of us decided to make the best of it. While we did not force people to converse with us, we asked a question or two to see if our seat mates were up to visiting. They were! Terry met some very interesting women from Austin, Texas who were going to Amarillo to do a story of people of interest there. He enjoyed visiting with them very much. On one leg of our journey I met a very nice elementary school teacher and on the next, I met a young man who was the age of my sons who is a welder. He had been in the military for a few years and now is working in Texas as a welder. He was very kind and we laughed all the way from Dallas to Amarillo.
While we had a lot of sight seeing activities in Oregon and Washington, a big part of the fun was meeting people on the way. I am glad that I have a husband that joins me in interest in people. If you give a person a moment of time, they open up and you can see a little of the miracle of their original personality. God bless them all!