# Girls Week Out at the Beach: An MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 1, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121 "2007-10-01T05:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/1 "2007-10-01T05:52:29Z")
A varied group of friends from around the country – well, around the continent, actually, since Margaret lives in Ontario – decided a few months ago to gather in Tillamook, Oregon, where one of our number lives, and is in less than good health so finds traveling difficult. We spent much of the week trying to figure out whose idea it was initially for us all to go to Oregon, but as is often the way with such things, we never did decide. Papa Tigs to BWI Airport at 0 dark 30, and while normally a flight is uneventful, this time something delightful happened: When I went to get in line to board my plane, there in front of me was a former coworker/friend who I’d lost touch with several years ago! So Judy and I reconnected, and as luck would have it we were on the same flights both directions, so I got to see her again coming home, too! We collected [everyone](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Airport.jpg) at the airport flying and driving in from all over – [Margaret from Ontario](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Margaretatlunch.jpg), [me from Maryland](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/MeatPacificCityBeach.jpg), [Vicki from Georgia](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Vickitalkingasusual.jpg), and [Joanie from New York](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Joanie.jpg) flew in, and then [Sunni drove in from Idaho](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Sunni.jpg) and Dawn drove up from California, Sunni collecting [Marie from Tillamook](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Marie.jpg) to join us at the airport. The lone man in the picture is Vern, an online friend of several of the ladies who wanted to meet the crazy bunch; he just joined us for lunch and then left. Dawn only stayed a day and a half, and then had to head back, so I never did get a chance to visit with her much. We then drove over the coast range to Tillamook, which was our base of operations for several delightful days. We had perfect weather the entire time, too, so it made for pleasant sightseeing. The first day everyone else wanted to go geocaching, but neither Margaret nor I had that much energy, so we just drove down the coast, stopping for lunch at a lovely pub on the beach in [Pacific City](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/PacificCityBeach.jpg), where we watched [kids flying kites](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Flyingakite.jpg) and then Margaret insisted on [dipping her toes in the ocean](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Thewaterscold.jpg). I knew better so kept my feet dry – that water is COLD! Another day we all went on a trip up the coast to have a [picnic](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Picnicking.jpg) and then make a trip to my [favorite childhood playground](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Mychildhoodplayground.jpg), Arcadia Beach (which is just south of Cannon Beach, for those of you familiar with the area). While the beach was gorgeous and the rock that has always looked to me like a [buffalo lying down](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/ThebuffalorockatArcadiabeach.jpg) was unchanged, and also completely exposed since it was [low tide](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Buffalorockatlowtide.jpg), I was utterly HORRIFIED to learn that my beach has been [DISCOVERED](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Invasion.jpg)!! Even as recently as a few years ago, there were never more than 5 or 6 people on the beach when we’d visit it, but this time there must have been a [couple hundred](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/ToomanypeopleAaugh.jpg) people running around! It was extremely traumatic, I kid you not. How DARE they? And there are even [houses](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Theyevenbuilthousesthere.jpg) built along the beach – although all beaches in Oregon are public, you can build right next to them, apparently. Of course, my biggest complaint about those houses is that none of them are mine. YET. _To be continued in next post_ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/2 "2007-10-01T05:54:22Z")
Anyway, we also of course had to visit the [Tillamook Cheese Factory](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/2007_1001PortlandSep20-070086.jpg), which is certainly changed from my childhood – in those days you just watched them make cheese; these days they also have a wonderful restaurant and _two_ gift shops, one of which sells all kinds of [silly](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/DanceswithCows.jpg) [clothing](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Dappledgladet-shirt.jpg), among other things, and the other sells foodstuffs. (Note Vicki’s cow bag, which she named Tilly, in the photo!) I bought some Marionberry jam (a variety of blackberry – delicious!) and a couple packages of FRESH cheese curds to bring home. Tillamook cheese curds, could life get any better? Sigh… I will admit, however, that with the number of dairy farms in the valley, it was frequently, er, _fragrant_. Especially when the wind was coming from the wrong direction! One highlight for a number of our group was what we saw one afternoon, as we were driving back into Tillamook. There werea bunch of cars pulling over and people jumping out to look through a fence, so we figured there must be something there worth looking at – and sure enough, when we joined the crowd, we discovered that everyone was looking at a large [herd of elk](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Oregon%20Trip/Elk2.jpg) that had decided to come graze in a field by the road! It being Oregon, however, every elk has been counted and no midnight raids to stock one’s freezer can be successfully pulled off, and of course there’s no hunting. When the elk start chasing the cows out of the fields, they may change their minds, however! Anyway, after several days of fun, we headed back to Portland the afternoon before our flights out the next morning. And of course at 5:00 p.m., Margaret realized to her horror that she’d left her plane ticket and passport in a drawer in the hotel room back in Tillamook! :smack: So lucky me, since I was the one with the rental car, I got to drive aaaall the way back to Tillamook and aaaall the way back to the Portland hotel. Who puts things in the nightstand drawer in their hotel room, anyway? Certainly not me – and next time, certainly not Margaret, either! 😃 By the time I got on the plane to come home, I was so tired that after the plane made a quick stop in Salt Lake, I crashed like a rock and slept through a reportedly turbulent flight until 15 minutes before we landed in Baltimore. It was wonderful to get home, but it was also wonderful to go back to my favorite part of the world again. Now, how soon can we retire and move back to the Northwest where we belong? ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/3 "2007-10-01T08:00:19Z")
Morning all! Great OP, **MamaTigs** - it certainly looks like you had a great time catching up with everyone. Now that I have seen pics of both you and **snowbunny** , I can certainly see the family resemblance! Another restless night - Noor woke up several times from 4am onwards, and after 5am, she just played quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) in her cot until 6am, which is a marginally acceptable wake-up time. There was no getting her back to sleep after 5am, since hubby decided to sleep-walk into Noor’s room, turn on all the lights then wander into her bathroom to pee! There are 4 bathrooms in our house, of which one is in our ensuite bathroom, so I have no idea why hubby’s sleep-peeing has to take place in HRH’s bathroom!!! But this is not the first time he has done this, so I think his sleepy brain is just hard-wired to pee in that particular bathroom - we never use that bathroom at any other time! In more exciting news, I have a job interview/coffee/chat this afternoon. Fingers crossed it goes well - it’s not the job I want (there is another one with an Islamic bank that I am waiting for an interview with), but the market for finance lawyers is not exactly huge here, so I can’t be too picky! Nothing more to add, except, Hi **Roo** and **Nooner**! Thanks for the song **Roo** - I like Winnie the Pooh! (and I still hate Barney - stoopid purple behemoth) ETA: Me first, yayyyyy! Oh, and … cheese factory :drool: ---
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Great OP there **BioTigs**. Now aren’t you glad I “motivated” you to get it done? 😃 It’s always fun to reconnect with old friends. I think the cow stuff is jake. **Dotty** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for the interview. Hope it goes well and that you get the chance to interview at that bank too. Ok, off shortly to purtify for another excitatin’ day at the brewry. Grey pocket t and blue jeans today. First, however, more caffiene. Happy Monday Y’all!!! ---
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Looks like you had a great time, **Mama Tiger**. I loved the pictures, the cool cow stuff, and I’m VERY happy that you got to get some nice cheese curds, which is the most important part of the entire trip…well, that and being with all your friends. Looks like a wonderful time was had by all. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/6 "2007-10-01T10:50:55Z")
Looks like you had a great time, MamaTigs! I’m sorry you other friend isn’t doing so well, though. I’m up and caffeinating, and soon off to work. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/7 "2007-10-01T10:58:39Z")
Nice post, **MamaTigs**. Good to see a scattered group of friends make time to get together. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/8 "2007-10-01T11:14:56Z")
I’m going to try to subscribe to **MamaTigs** OP, but I will prepare to be swept away. Hi all, bye all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/9 "2007-10-01T11:31:30Z")
Wonderful OP, **MamaTigs**! I loved all the pics, too–my daughter and I looked at the group pic first, and tried guessing which one was you - my daughter picked you right out!! The NW coast is so beautiful! Good luck, **Dotty** , fingers & other appropriate appendages crossed for ya! Up and caffeinating, ready to go to work; more later today. ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/10 "2007-10-01T11:49:54Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop] There was no getting her back to sleep after 5am, since hubby decided to sleep-walk into Noor’s room, turn on all the lights then wander into her bathroom to pee! There are 4 bathrooms in our house, of which one is in our ensuite bathroom, so I have no idea why hubby’s sleep-peeing has to take place in HRH’s bathroom!!! But this is not the first time he has done this, so I think his sleepy brain is just hard-wired to pee in that particular bathroom - we never use that bathroom at any other time! [/QUOTE] G’ Mornin’ all. **Dotty** - be glad he sleep pees into an actual toilet. My ex could be sound asleep, standing there peeing into the hamper or heat register, and I’d say “Wake up! You’re not in the bathroom!” and he’d sleep shout back “Yes I am!” **MamaTigs** , I feel your pain having the beach of your heart discovered by interlopers. I’m sure **VunderBob** will concur that at one time there were some mostly private places on Lake Michigan before the FIPs took over. I’ve never been to the Northwest but have always wanted to go. The company that HoosierDaddy works for in Memphis is headquartered in Tacoma, so that could concievably be the next career step for him. Anybody awake this morning with their crystal ball? Hoochie Mama ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/11 "2007-10-01T12:35:40Z")
Morning, y’all. Not 5 minutes after I posted last in the old thread about busting my butt at home because the weekend was quiet in the emergency context, there was a page for a 17 year old, 8 months pregnant girl having abdominal pains. :eek: I was literally getting nekkid at the time to hop in the shower 'cuz I was nice and stanky, so it was easy to put on the EMT duds and I took off. When I got to the scene, buddy and potential adoptive granma Sue (she makes the _BEST_ cookies, hence my trying to get her to adopt me as a grandchild) was helping the young girl out the door to the ambulance. We got her inside and settled, and the most awkward call of my life began. I have no problem trauma stripping an adult of either gender, and I’ve seen plenty of naughty bits doing CPR and trauma exams. Kids are different, even older teens, and I was way uptight. Her britches had to go; I kept busy hanging a sheet over the back door of the ambulance to keep the peekers out. Her contractions were about 3 minutes apart, but were not regular. Some came on time, some were late; a good sign. Even better, she had not lost her mucus plug nor her water. If we got her to the hospital in time, there was a chance the docs could get her labor stopped. So off we went. Then the awkward moment came to a head. I had to look under the sheet to check on things. By this time, I came to grips with what I had to do, but she had the problem because I was a guy. Deb, the other EMT, said, “Bob is good and a professional. He needs to look.” The real reason was I needed the clinical experience. “Why can’t you? He’s a guy!” “He’s not doing it for his thrill. He’s a professional. [pause] Besides, he’s gay.” I went :eek:, then 😉 “Well, OK. He can look.” I looked; no crowning or discharges. Let me tell you, there is nothing sexy about looking at mommy parts when there are children involved. We got her to the OB unit in plenty of time. I still don’t know if she sprouted or not, but in some ways this call was happier than Friday night’s attempted suiicide. I hope they got labor stopped so the kid has a little more oven time. To add insult to injury, there was yet another fire page right after midnight, for a yet another automated alarm misfire. The third in 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/12 "2007-10-01T12:37:16Z")
No crystal ball here, **Hooch** , sorry. Very cool OP and pics! I’m awake, I think. Not caffeinating cuz I’m headed to the doc’s office this morning and can only drink water. Of course, this makes me hungrier and hungrier. Need to shower, get recycling out, take some stuff back to the library… Better get moving. Happy Monday everyone! GT ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/13 "2007-10-01T12:41:12Z")
**Dots** , when the VunderKind was about 6, he would also sleepwalk. One time, he got up out of bed, came down the hall to the mechanical closet, opened the door, and peed all over the water heater. :rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/14 "2007-10-01T13:00:09Z")
Great OP, **MamaTigs**! I love cheese curds. And I hope I can stay in touch with my friends for as long as you have. 🙂 Funny story, **VBob**. Hey, if it made the poor girl feel better. Must run to class. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/15 "2007-10-01T13:00:37Z")
Morning! I can’t get Photobucket from work, so I’ll check the pics tonight, but the trip sounds like it was fun. We had this weird liquid fall from the sky last night. I believe in the old days they called it rain. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/16 "2007-10-01T13:03:31Z")
**Mama Tigs, the OP?** It’s GRRRRREAT! (I’m so sorry, but I couldn’t resist.) Sounds like you and your friends had a good time together. I do the same type of thing with a group of my friends once a year, except we go camping and drink beer instead of actually do stuff together. Busy day, but I’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/17 "2007-10-01T13:15:07Z")
Oh, that looks like it was a lotof fun. I love the West Coast. Everything out there is so damn scenic. Err, could you pass me some cheese curds? **Bob** , I’m glad your true orientation was finally revealed to you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/18 "2007-10-01T13:19:46Z")
_yaaaaaaaaawn_ I couldn’t get to sleep last night. I was tired. Maybe I was too tired. And then I started worrying about how late it was getting (when I have to get up at 6:30 and can’t fall asleep at 12:30 I start to worry) and that didn’t help, of course. Then I woke up at 4 and after another half hour of trying to sleep I gave up. I think I got all of three hours of actual sleep. It’s gonna be a loooong day. Hopefully I’ll be able to get away from work early because it should be a slow day. Hmm. Maybe I should rethink my idea of eventually settling in the Northwest (well, specifically the Pacific Northwest, since I’ve heard even this area referred to as Northwest) if **MT** ’s gonna be there. _g_ You see a resemblance, **Dotty**? Hmm. I don’t, really. The one I really look like is my father’s mother! 'Tis scary. But cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121/19 "2007-10-01T13:32:42Z")
Great OP, **biotigs** and brilliant pictures. What an awesome part of the country! **What I did the Weekend** Saturday I headed out early and went to the bookstore for two travel books for Italy. I got\* Rick Steve’s Italy 2008\* and _Frommers Italy 2008_. Then I went to Target for a gift card for a baby shower and some undies. After that it was the usual weekly stock-up at the supermarket, rush home, put groceries away and hop into the Princess[sup]TM[/sup]’ car for the baby shower which was held [here](http://volusia.org/parks/gemini.htm). Lovely park and you can even take puppies there. Sunday was absolutely glorious!! Perfect Florida fall weather. I cooked a little turkey for dinner. It was nummy. That is all. Tupug ---
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Great OP! It is so beautiful there. I can see why you would want to live there forever and ever, especially in one of those beach houses! Funny story, **BBBobbio**! I hope the girl and baby turned out OK. I never heard of sleep-peeing! My weekend was pretty slow paced, except for Friday. Friday was errand day, Saturday was laundry day, and Sunday was grocery store day. But we also went to JC Penney’s and bought new sheets for my new comforter (bed in a bag) that we bought online. It arrived Friday, but the sheets weren’t the deep pocket kind. So we bought bamboo sheets - so soft! I hate Mondays. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-week-out-at-the-beach-an-mmp/421121.md?page=2)