Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Day 6 (June 30): Fort Stevens, OR to Manzanita, OR

Today we left Fort Stevens State Park rather late (I think 11:30 again) and headed down the coast through Seaside, past Cannon Beach, up two capes both 500 foot climbs and through the Arch Cape Tunnel.

In Seaside
we stopped to eat lunch on a bridge near the downtown and a black kitten visited us from a yard nearby. We spent at least an hour there and then headed to the promenade along the coast. The views here were breathtaking with the warm sun striking the white beach sands and a cape looming in the background.

Later in the day we went up a 500 foot cape, down the other side and right up another one, also 500 feet - all in about 15 miles. At the last lookout we could see Manzanita where we were to meet up with Doug and Debbie - friends of Sanders' parents - and stay at their house on the beach. That was definitely one of the highlights for me - sleeping in a normal bed!













Lunch with a friendly young black cat.












The cat playing with the shadows. He had 6 toes! I almost took him with me...but he wouldn't like the rest of the trip I'm sure (and he was obviously well taken care of by someone).












Biking along the promenade in Seaside.












Kids on a swingset overlooking the Pacific.











Climbing out of Seaside (looking back at the beach we came from).

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