Tillamook, Oregon

just outside Cannon Beach

on the way downhill to Manzanita

> Day 8 = 43.9 miles
> Total = 305.6 miles
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> We started our morning with a breakfast of bagels and peanut butter with jam.....yummy! We began with three bagels which changed to two thanks to a very bold chipmunk. The bagel was bigger than he was. But he didn't keep it all, there was a huge bluejay that had eyes on it.
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> Met another bicycle tourist today, Robert from San Diego. He is out on his own following pretty much the same route we are for a while. He is riding for cancer. He is trying to raise money so check out his web page "Cycle2cure".
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> Beautiful landscapes today. We had one really long climb...but the screaming downhill made it all worthwhile. That, and one of the best BLT's I've had in the city at the bottom-Manzanita. We were starving and fortunately this pub was one of the few places open at 1pm (do people not eat lunch in this town???). Donnie also raved about the salmon chowder they had.
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> We continued on through a nice flat stretch (for a change) and ended up in Tillamook. They are famous for cheese so naturally dinner had to be mac 'n cheese. It was delicious...my compliments to chef Donnie. In fact I want to thank him for a number of things: his patience waiting for me to climb all these hills, his carrying most of our supplies (easily over 70lbs) and most of all his knowledge and experience that is making this so much fun.
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