Woohoo- another day with out rain! Well it was raining when we first got up- but it cleared by the time we left camp.
We left the campsite very sore-but blue skies distracted me enough- Cook was still hurting though. The views much of the day were some of the most dramatic yet. Maybe it was just the beautiful weather... There were the typical evergreen covered mountains to the left, cliffs to the right, and big rocks in the ocean- some in chains stretching out to the horizon.
Riding through Humbug Mountain State Park took us away from the ocean, but it still made us feel small. The only bad part was the road got so narrow there was only a partial shoulder, and much of it had fallen rocks in it
Later, the route had us departing from 101 to do a decent size climb- but luckily the person had we met in Tillamook and gave us route advice had also advised us to stay on 101, which ended up having a nice, huge shoulder, along the ocean and for the most part was flat! Ideal riding, I have no idea why they'd take you away from such a nice stretch of the road...
When we were almost to Gold Beach and our campsite- a Bald Eagle flew over head in the same direction of us-- a few minutes later he came back by, even closer over head with a fish in his feet! This time we both got to see him :) but we didn't get a picture...those birds are really big in person by the way...
Our campground was pretty nice- small and seems like its mostly only used in the summer so only a few RVs were there. We got a sunny spot in the grass- showered, ate dinner, watched a movie Cook had downloaded onto the computer (luxury!), and went to bed early.
Almost looks like the Caribbean...
The infamous Trex
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