Day #9 - Neskowin to Lincoln City - We Made It!!

We made it!!!!  Sorry we didn't post last night.  After we got to Portland and got settled, we were all pretty much in the horizontal position for the rest of the evening.

The boys set a furious pace yesterday, Ben taking the lead.  With the finish line near I think they were very motivated to get it done.  What had been promised as a shorter day still ended up being 16 km due to a miscalculation on my part, but that didn't seem to matter.  They just kept walking.  We were off the beach all day on a mixture of road, gravel, and trail.  This took us over Cascade Head which Google says is a headland and UNESCO biosphere reserve.  It was a very lush rainforest with jungle like qualities.  The trees (cedars?) were huge, probably hundreds of years old.  The trail was very well defined and soft on the feet.  Being under that canopy kept us in the shade and made for some comfortable walking.  I really enjoyed this part of the walk.

Once over the head, the last 6 km was on coastal highway and was done with no breaks.  We walked back into Lincoln City where our vehicle was parked around 3:00, got in and drove to Portland where we will be for the next couple of days.

Everybody seems pretty happy about what they have accomplished, as am I.  Although the kids may have some mixed feelings, this was definitely our type of vacation.  We saw a lot of new things, we were outside, we met some interesting and friendly people, and we experienced some things only possible on foot.

I am not sure what the next six days will bring.  We do want to get out for one more walk probably near Mt St-Helens, but aside from that not too much planned.  I will post if we do.

So thanks again for reading everybody.  It was a real boost knowing that some of you were following along.  Hopefully you enjoyed it and I hope I was able to do a decent job telling our story.

That's it for today.