August 5th and 6th- Nehalem to Lincoln City, Corvallis and Home!

This was a day for relaxing, a day to record the least miles traveled from point A to B.  Mellow morning of breakfast and straightening up the camper as we realize that last night was our last night sleeping in our "home".  We do a bit of gawking and decide to follow a sign off 101 to Munson Falls.  To our surprise, up this winding, narrow dirt, gravel road there were quite a few folks looking for the road less traveled.  An easy quarter mile trail lead us to a nice viewpoint, but it was no Sahalie Falls.

Munson Falls

Jeff plays Hobbit

We make it down to Lincoln City by 3:00 and check into "The Sandcastle" and go out for a leisurely stroll out on the beach.  As anyone who has gone to the beach in Oregon knows, as far as the weather goes, hope for the best, expect the worst and reality will be somewhere in between.  Today, amazingly was better then the best.  Not enough wind to fly a kite, temperature in the low 80's, no clouds, sparkling clean sand and miles of beach to walk on with relatively few people to share it with.  The perfect way to spend an afternoon. We sat on a log and watched the tide come in around the rocks, the pelicans skimming the waves, and people using boogie boards, skim boards and surf boards to get into the ocean.  I didn't envy them....Brrrrrrrrr!

After our walk and a nap on the deck, we went into town looking for a special meal and decided on Thai.  We walked in to this restaurant and once again, K and I seem to be able to read each others minds.  After sitting down and waiting we noticed a lot of other people, without food, waiting also.  The only server seemed to be one surly teenager who was slow by any standard.  Neither of us thought we were going to see any food soon at that location, and rather then stay, we bugged out after 5 minutes and drove over to a Steak/seafood house.  Excellent choice, as we had the best steamers either of us had ever eaten.  We then checked out the local gaming casino where once again, neither of us left with our picture hung on the wall proudly holding a check with a bunch of zero's.

We both realized that this was our last night on the road and we were up until after 2:00 walking down memory lanes from the past 6 weeks. 

In the morning, we checked out of the Sandcastle, and headed down the coast to Newport.  We were going to check out the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area (and lighthouse), but the $7 fee was too outstanding for us.  We made a U turn and took a walk on Agate beach instead.

K was eager (no desperate) to get home, but agreed to a brief stop in Corvallis to see my old friends (and diehard Beaver fans) Gabe and Barb.  They have a lovely home and garden East of Corvallis.  We had a tour and a beer and caught up on our lives.  K's whines alerted me to her need to get back to the farmette, and after a few more miles we pulled onto Lajoie Rd.  Our long journey was finally complete.  We added up the miles and calculated that we had travelled 8601.4 miles on our trip.

As for the blog, we have a few more pages to write.  K and I want to add a couple of pages about our individual impressions and feelings about the journey and we have a few FAQ's to answer.  If any of you faithful readers have questions about the details of our trip, email us and we will answer them.