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Monday 6th September 2004

Sunset at Grayland BeachFrom Cape Disappointment State Park to Grayland Beach State Park, a total of about 75 miles. We breakfasted with deer around us, unconcerned by our presence. They included a small baby deer and its mother. We hurtled off along the coast highway 101. This is not a pleasant road, and today being the end of the holidays no doubt made it worse. One car turned right was it was overtaking me, forcing me to rapidly abandon the highway altogether to avoid a collision! Another vehicle through a plastic drinks bottle at Guy, which hit him but fortunately didn't knock him off the road. The scenery is lovely - gentle wooded hills, with expanses of muddy inlets opening out between the trees. A delightful scene. We eventually reached South Bend where we had lunch and watched the Labor Day festivities - mostly a matter of eating a huge amount of burgers and sugary confections. Then we pushed on to Raymond, crossed the bridge, and headed out to the Pacific Beaches again, on the much quieter highway 105, eventually reaching Grayland Beach as it was getting a bit dark. We did just have time to see an excellent sunset, full of orange and pink streaks against a dark blue. We pitched the tent in darkness, and it was only in the morning that I (Steve) discovered that I'd been sleeping in a tent that was pitched over a dead mouse (perhaps it was alive when we pitched?).

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