Black Oystercatchers are on the beach and Surf Scoters, surfing. After surviving a short uphill tunnel (that we had not expected), we are rewarded with brilliant views of a the seal lion colony entering caves in the cliffs under us, and we look down on turkey vultures landing on the rocks below.
Our Coffee stop almost betters our previous meeting with the sheriff, as we speak to a man dressed as a tree! The hunters out here are not satisfied with wearing camouflage - they have leaves and twigs stuck on them as well. After he had gone a deer came near our outside table - a close call. Lunch is a picnic by a peaceful river. Two little steam driven boats are puttering about on the water.
From lunchtime onwards we are in Oregon Dunes State Park, where enormous sand dunes, often covered in fir trees, line our route. As we enter Reedsport we cycle round a deer, unfortunately road kill.
Tour miles to date: 1,131
Location:Yachats to Reedsport
