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By Terry Richard, The Oregonian April 24, 2010, 12:03PM

Cabin 7 is at the end of the road in Netarts, tucked at the bottom of a cliff. It’s part of Happy Camp Hideaway resort, one of those old-fashioned Tillamook County getaways that seduce guests from the big city. The cabin is often left unlocked.

Owner Teresa Lovelin cautions that cell phone service is spotty. Even better.

So what makes Happy Camp Hideaway so charming?

The wild Pacific Ocean, tossed into a fury by a spring storm, and the calmer waters of Netarts Bay are just steps away out the front door.

Both are so close it’s like you can reach out the window and grab a fistful of sea gull feathers.

Once on the beach, the view to the west is straight at Three Arch Rocks, the oldest national wildlife refuge west of the Mississippi River.

When Portlanders head for their weekend getaways to the coast, their choices mostly come down to three counties.

Clatsop County to the north offers the history, frenzy and artistic charm of Astoria, Seaside and Cannon Beach.

Ditto with Lincoln County to the south, with its flurry of fun choices at Lincoln City, Newport and even Depoe Bay.

In between nestles Tillamook County.

Torsten Kjellstrand/The OregonianThe yellow cabins at Happy Camp Hideway are just a big wave away from the ocean.Ah, Tillamook County. When the Eagles recorded their 1976 rock classic “Life in the Fast Lane,” they most definitely were not thinking of this place.

Life is still stuck in the slow lane throughout much of Tillamook County, where a number of quaint lodges, B&Bs and inns cater to those seeking the quiet side of the coast.

You can still find such places in Clatsop and Lincoln counties, but in Tillamook County they are plentiful. I had to choose one for this visit and was delighted to find Happy Camp Hideaway.

And it wasn’t just because the cabin, which rents for $85 per night in the offseason, came with a bottle of Happy Camper wine, a 2007 California cabernet sauvignon.

The cabin also has a library stocked with 20-plus books, two dozen movies with tape and DVD players, a wide selection of board games, a full kitchen and that ocean view.

Leaving most amenities for those who would follow me, I settled into a chair in front of the crashing surf and commenced making sure no wine would be left for the next guests.

A trip into town

It doesn’t take much time or effort to get to know Netarts, a village of about 750 residents, with its tiny collection of restaurants, small grocery stores and ocean-view motels on the Three Capes Scenic Drive seven miles west of Tillamook.

And there is only one store in town that specializes in coastal souvenirs.
Terry Richard/The OregonianLex checks out her cool stuff.
That’s where I met Alexandra Webster, owner and proprietor of “Lex’s Cool Stuff.” She opened her door promptly at 10 a.m. but had been busy since 4 a.m. baking eight batches of brownies and stopping by a yard sale to buy new things to sell.

She serves the brownies to her customers, who come by in waves to shop her daunting collection of “stuff” at amazingly low prices.

She said a number of moms look at her store and tell their kids to wait outside.

“I tell them to come on in and touch everything,” she said. “The only valuable antique in here is me.”

She started the store four years ago to supplement her income from Social Security. The business has grown into a full-time occupation.

Lex specializes in clothing, plus shoes, handbags, jewelry, baskets, knickknacks and just about anything that is “cool and fun.”
 
Meanwhile, back at the beach

Like Lex’s Cool Stuff, the cabins at Happy Camp Hideaway have a throwback feel. The oldest rental, the Homestead House, dates to 1906.

Bruce and Teresa Lovelin, who lived in Portland at the time, bought the place a decade ago. He found it, then sent her to scout it out. She one-upped him by signing the papers.

“I was looking at the resort and shaking my head,” Teresa said. “That’s when the real estate agent turned me around, made me look at the ocean and told me that’s what I was buying.

“The place was terribly dilapidated, all monthly rentals. Over the years, as tenants moved out, we remodeled as we could and offered the cabins for nightly rental.”

She also manages a row of neighboring houses, built on stilts because they are in a flood zone, should you want to stay in a million-dollar home rather than a funky old cabin.
 
TILLAMOOK TEMPTATIONS
 
Some quaint lodges of Tillamook County, with comments by readers of The Oregonian in quotes:

Happy Camp Hideaway: