Miles Hiked Overall: 54.4 (87.5 km)
Today we hiked from Manzanita to Barview Jetty, at the north end of Tillamook Bay. I know I keep saying this but today was so hard. We walked for 7 hours straight, 14.9 miles.
The first section was on the beach, from Manzanita down to the Nehalem river. Sand, sand, and more sand.
When we got to the Nehalem River we had to cut across the dune and inland a little bit. Fortunately we were able to get a boat from Jetty Fishery Marina & RV Park to ferry us across the river. The alternative is miles of backtracking on roads to get around the bay.
After crossing the river we resumed our walk on the beach. The last 8 miles was in soft sand that came over our shoes. It rained the majority of the time and the wind blew right in our faces. We were freezing.
Well, that pretty much echoes our day. It was ridiculous and crazy and mostly not fun. We had to ford 5 rivers that the rain created (some over our shoes) and when we couldn't do the last one, we had to walk to Hwy 101 and hike the rest of the way alongside the highway to get to our car that we had left at Barview Jetty Park. Then we got back to our campsite and our tent was swamped again. We're not having fun...everything is a problem. Time to re plan, again ...
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