This vacation home was so comfortable that I hated to leave.
My favorite activity outside the house was going down to the beach at the lowest tide of the day and exploring Tunnel Beach to the north of the main Oceanside beach. My favorite activity inside the house was listening to the surf and watching the sea and sky from the deck.
The location was wonderful: first of all, it was just short 2-minute walk down the hill to public beach access and three restaurants. (The walk back up the hill is challenging; however, it forced me to exercise and it wasn't too long a climb.) Second, the house has a view of the ocean from every part of the deck, the kitchen windows, the living area, and even the hall to the laundry and 1st floor bathroom. And you can hear the sound of the ocean from all rooms in the house provided you choose to open nearby windows.
Oceanside is what I think of as a village, so that you have to drive into slightly larger Netarts or a few minutes further into Tillamook to find market and stores. I loved this fact. When we wanted one or two basic food items, we drove quickly to Netart and back. When my family wanted to go shopping, we went to Tillamook.
Even though the restaurants aren't open all day and all night like they would be in the city or maybe even in Tillamook, all three served great food: the Blue Agate Cafe, open until 2 p.m.; the Current Cafe (in the Oceanside surf shop), open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Roseanna's Cafe, open from 3 to 8 p.m. Roseanna's is now one of my favorite restaurants ever--and that's in spite of the long waits for a table. We learned to account for the wait when we wanted Roseanna's for dinner.
My three kids, ages 8, 13, and 15, loved the big TV in the living room, and they used the TV downstairs too. The washer and dryer were in a convenient location on the main floor (1st floor, not ground floor). The host provided laundry supplies as well--and a fair bit of kitchen pantry supplies--and just asked to be informed if more supplies were needed.
By the way, I'm a big fan of Tillamook cheddar. We made a special point to visit Tillamook Cheddar's showcase factory, ice cream shop, and gift shop at the north of Tillamook on Hwy 101. It was full of people--but we got to go back to the village of Oceanside afterward, where we could relax.
I would most definitely rent this house again and I hope I get to do so someday!