Sunday Morning June 7 Domenica Mattina 7 Giugno
Friday it did not rain a lot but we were always wet. Yesterday it did not really rain hard if at all but we were wetter yet. We were constantly riding in clouds. There was more traffic because it was Saturday and the schools had finished on Friday. I assume that the increase in travel trailer traffic was due to those two things. We saw several lighthouses, Oregon has a lot of lighthouses. We saw a sign for Sea Lion Caves so we turned into the parking lot and paid the admission price. We were 200+ feet above the ocean and an elevator took us down into a cave with ocean access. On a large rock were a lot of sea lions including a big male. Evidently he was the king of the rock and if he didn’t like a few sea lions he simply pushed them off of the rock. Moving north along the coast Clint and Charleen decided it was time for a coffee break. We stopped at a little restaurant for coffee and decided to also have a bowl of clam chowder, It was incredibly good. There were no potatoes or other vegetables in it, simply clams and the cream base without any seasoning. Clint has us turn up a scenic side road and all at once there was a KOA campground. But it was one I had stayed at on last year’s ride that charged over $50 for a tent site. We decided that we wanted a motel for that night. Was it because we were cold and wet? No. Tired and hungry? No. Needed a break from the tents and cabins? No. It was because there was a Formula 1 race the next morning that we would like to watch. We found a motel in Astoria across the bay from Washington state underneath the big bridge across the bay. We verified that the motel did have access to the Speedtv channel and took a room. We disconnected the trailers and moved our night’s supplies into the room. Now after 235 miles or riding in the wet, which by the way had turned dry for the last 50 miles, we wanted to relax. So we went for a motorcycle ride over the bridge into Washington and found a little restaurant/bar and had dinner there. After returning to the motel we checked to see what time the race would be televised. Surprise, it was not on Speedtv, this race was televised by Fox and would not be shown until 1 PM Sunday afternoon. Oh well, we are in a comfortable room, under a big bridge and we have full stomachs. But we are glad that we chose a low-priced motel. And the weather should be much better Sunday. 269 miles today.
Sea Lion Cave
Bridge at Astoria, OR
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