As some of you may remember, Animated Meat first came to life in 2008 as a way to document some sights that managed to slip through the cracks of most popular travel websites. You may also remember that the original website was built on Apple's now defunct iWeb. From there, it migrated over to WordPress where it met an untimely demise at the hands of Russian hackers. Many of those old, pre-2012 entries have found a new home here in the Before the Now section. I would consider these posts as my starting place as a writer, probably comparable to a musician's first demo tapes. They are very rough, but I took them all seriously and wrote each one with passion. While I would like to believe that I have matured in my abilities as a writer, it is my hope that I carry this same blind passion into all of my new efforts.
Let’s say you decide to rocket ship through the Oregon Coast. That would be a big mistake because it’s the type of place that really needs to be savored and enjoyed, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Your abbreviated trip will only allow you to stop at one cheese place. I would recommend the Blue Heron. Aside from Oregon-made Brie cheese, the place also has plenty of animals to pet. Somehow, we always find the animals on a trip.
