Day 8:
| MANZANITA, OR - CAPE LOOKOUT STATE PARK, OR | 26.36hrs | 26.36hrs | 26.36hrs | 26.36hrs | 26.36hrs |
| START TIME: | 8:45am | DISTANCE: | 38.3mi | A/D: | 1421ft/-1516ft |
| END TIME: | 4:00pm | TOTAL DISTANCE: | 441.52mi | TOTAL A/D: | 20546ft/-20695ft |
| RIDE TIME | 4.02hrs | AVG. SPEED: | 9.46mph | WEATHER: | Nice! Mild with some drizzle & sun |
| TOTAL RIDE TIME: | 43.49hrs | MAX SPEED | 28.55mph |
Well today started off a whole lot better than yesterday ended. I got some good rest and more importantly I got my spirit back and was ready to hit the road and see new things.
So I said goodbye to Manzanita for warmer climes. It was a little drizzly but I didn’t mind (go figure).
Here is what greeted me this morning Around Nehalem Bay.
I stopped in Rockaway Beach for a late breakfast. And contemplated the fascination with all these towns naming things after Hemlock. I bet you thought I was going to point out all the East Coast town names (Mahattan Beach, Rockaway Beach, Bay City, Brighton Beach) didn’t you 🙂
Garibaldi was an interesting little town and at the end of it they had this great big pillar. What was it for? I wonder…
Barview had these neat little rocks just on the other side of the tracks.
Which brings us here where apparently cheese is made but you can’t buy it. I looked everywhere for a piece of cheese but all you could get was ice cream and I didn’t want any ice creams I wanted cheese!
So I left! Here is a nice view of the Tillamook river as I was heading west.
Which brings me to my final destination today Cape Lookout State Park.
I know it’s a really short day but this place is beautiful not sure when I’ll be able to come back so I decided to camp early and enjoy the scenery. Now you can too 🙂
Oh and I met my second biker today here at Cape Lookout. A nice kid named Eric from Bellingham. He’s also has the same destination but is using a different source so I might run into him too or might not… Thems the breaks…
