Friday 5/13/16 To the Pacific coast

Again having camped I was up early and headed down the road. I should remember to take a picture of my little tent. Very cozy and comfortable with a blow-up mattress and my ONE LUXURY ITEM that I allowed myself.......a feather pillow.

Today for the first time I was inland and away from a shoreline.

The land was flat here south of the Olympics and there was a nice tailwind.

I could do some business here with many lumber mills.

I passed through 2 Native American reservations and saw some of the Natives gathered at times when I would stop for water or food. They seemed sad, lonely and bored, not very talkative. I saw this historic sign near Aberdean WA and think I could understand. 

A treaty signed by the Governor and ratified by the US Senate in 1859. I wonder what promises the Governor and Senators made to the Natives that were never kept. Oh well the Natives now have casinos popping up everywhere in WA and the Natives seem well fed but very unhappy. It makes one think about what it is that makes a person happy.

The other striking thing I noticed were the cut down trees.

There were vast stretches of land with all of the trees gone. A few huge stumps spaced quite far apart led me to imagine the forest not so long ago when the Natives were in charge. Fewer trees but huge ones each reaching higher to gain the sunlight. 

Again Except for a few old mill towns with no place decent looking places to stay accommodations looked sparce so I rode on to the ocean and another State Park. This on Twin Harbors was right on the Pacific beach.

Rain was predicted for morning so I pitched my little tent in anticipation.