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Long, hard, day. Three big climbs, two of them quite sharp. We followed the coast pretty much the whole day, w/ a couple segues inland to get off 101.

We saw two humpback whales in one spot (mostly just spouts and a small part of back). In another spot Jeff G and I saw a single humpback, closer to shore. He partially breached, and then kicked his tail out of the water before disappearing.

For me one of the highlights was the Yaquina Bay Bridge just before getting to the South Beach State Park campground. This is not a bridge that would cause me problems if on the driving surface. The only option was to walk the half-mile bridge on the narrow sidewalk. So four of us decided to take up a lane. I hit the bicycles-on-bridge button that turned on the flashing yellow lights, Jeff saw a mini-break in the traffic with a truck pulling a boat behind it and immediately pulled out into the lane. The rest of us followed and we cruised peaceably across. We did have one guy wish us a cheerful "Good day!" as we pulled off the road, or at least that's how I choose to interpret it.

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