Just a little more

You’d think we were done, since it was checkout day, but we’ve changed our checkout process. Dave and I were at Pig’n before 8, and got seated and served very quickly. We ordered our usual, but for the first time ever I couldn’t finish my second pig in a blanket. It reminded me of the time Ben and Joan came to visit and Ben ordered too much food.

We got back and Jen was headed out for coffee. We got packed and loaded the car up, but it seemed like it was a little too early to get going, so we hung out for a half hour or so. Then we hopped in the car and drove to the watershed for a nice hike. We discovered this hike when we were staying in Cannon Beach in September, and it’s a pretty hike with a steady uphill climb. 

We found it on AllTrails, and it really shows how AllTrails does their hikes, because the trail line on the map just ends, while the road goes on. We are curious if there is a connection to Tolovana. In the summer we crossed a small stream towards the end of the hike, and we were a little concerned about it the whole way back. It turned out we were right to be concerned, because it was no longer a small stream, it was a big stream and much higher than our boot tops. We debated turning around and going back to the turnoff, but we were hungry (for the first time this trip) and it seemed too far. So we took off our boots, rolled up our pants, and crossed over. It was VERY COLD. Once on the other side Dave gave up his waffle weave shirt to be our towel, and we got our shoes back on (not without difficulty) and our pants rolled down (this was particularly challenge for Jen in her skinny leg jeans) and finished the hike.

Lunch at Bill’s was an excellent reward, and the drive home was uneventful.

That is the end!