Day 69 Tillamook to Cannon Beach to Hillsboro, OR

As is always the case with homestays, we left very late today.  Instead of 7AM, we left around 8:30AM...  but no one cared, because the hosts in Tillamook were so kind to us.

We would like to see more of these please

Today's ride was typical of what we've come to expect in the past few days.  Some busy roads, a narrowish shoulder, but thankfully cars that are usually nice and give us some room.

It's the last night and I want to spend as much of it with the team as possible, so I'll keep this short.  We went to Cannon Beach, one of the destinations for Team Portland in 2011 (the first team).  Of course we had our great tire dipping in Cape Mears, but we figured why not celebrate a second time on the beach and look at the Pacific again.

Champagne this time

Results of the presence of champagne... just kidding.  Maybe

After hanging out at the beach, we shuttled to Hillsboro, where the wonderful United Methodist Church had a hot meal waiting for us, even though we didn't make it to the church until past 9PM.

I can't believe that we're so close to Portland.  We first saw signs for Portland when we left Baker City, OR, and now we can't stop seeing them.  It seems unbelievable that we made it this far, this many miles, this much of the country.  In just about 10 hours or so, our journey will end.  Thanks for following and supporting me all along my route.