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| Haystack Rock, Cannon Beach (Attribution: Postdlf from w) |
Today the guys left Astoria and headed for the coast but it wasn't until they reached Cannon Beach 40km into their ride that they first saw the ocean and stopped to enjoy the moment. It sounds like a pretty spectacular beach with massive sea stacks (pictures were taken but still haven't been able to send) but this web picture is certainly impressive.
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| Live steam train in Rockaway |
For the rest of the day they rode along the rolling hills of the Coast Highway, but like so many coastal roads that appear to hug the coast there is often a strip of trees between you and the view so they only saw the ocean in the little vignettes and in the coastal towns along the way. Today they rode through many of these. There was Arch Cape, Manzanita for lunch, Nehalem, Wheeler, Manhatten Bay, Rockaway Beach where they took an ice-cream break and watched a live steam train for a while, Garibaldi, Bay City and Tillamook where they set up in the Tillamook RV Park for the night.
Just like their x-Canada trip they continue to meet fellow cyclists and have been leapfrogging and meeting up at rest stops and restaurants with a fellow from Chicago who is cycling alone to the southern tip of Mexico.
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| Day 8 Route |
Posted by Janet
How much did that steam train slow down the groups progress?
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