Good places mentioned and will have to 2nd a stop at Tillamook Cheese.

New one in this conversation would be Haystack Rock near Cannon Beach.

Haystack Rock is a 235-foot (72-meter) sea stack located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of downtown Cannon Beach, Oregon and about 80 miles (130 km) west of Portland.. It is sometimes claimed locally to be the third-tallest such "intertidal" (meaning it can be reached by land) structure in the world, but there are no scientific references to support this.
Another must for us was a week in Charleston on the ocean and close to Fisherman's Wharf for FRESH seafood.
