Lots of fish according to the fish finder on board. Took a while but I pulled in the first fish which was a Ling Cod, the best tasting fish of the Cod family so they say.
So I was thinking, could turn out to be a good day. Turns out was the worst day our guide had ever seen. 5 total fish in almost 6 hours! And so cold and windy. The others were small sea bass. Really disappointing would be an understatement since I was so looking forward to the eats of Sea Bass!
Had a 9 year old with his Dad and Uncle with us. He was having fun at least at this moment.
At the very least it was nice to be out on the open water. Not a total loss. That's fishing for you.
Got changed into the flattering bikewear and off I was back on the 101 heading north stopping along the way at viewpoints taking more pics of the beautiful Oregon Coast.
Reached the town of Tillamook which is a big dairy capital of the coast. Cheese, Ice cream, butter, milk etc. Along the way for whatever reason, perhaps due to the scenery, started getting a little emotional about finishing! Don't want to. I think I was just trying to gather my thoughts on how I would put all of this into perspective when I am done. Things I've learned, beautiful places I've seen and certainly all the people I came in contact with that made this experience so wonderful. But...save that to the end as I still have several days to go.
In the meantime, arrangements were made with Doug who was keeping our rendezvous alive by meeting in Astoria and riding into Washington together on Wednesday. Would be fun for the two of us though I'll have to carry some of his stuff since he didn't have all the touring gear! No worries though since I have been a pack mule for almost 2000 miles.
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