Newport to Tillamook

After two days we rested, fueled up and continued our search looking for a cap for the chain cover on the deck. The chain cover prevents water from getting into the chain locker. We have it duck taped closed and covered right now. We have found duck tape to be a boaters best friend. We actually lost the cover in the rough seas we experienced rounding Point Reyes in California. It has caused us to find Marine supply stores at every stop. Many of them are like old hardware and junk stores where you can find a bizarre assortment of things, and wander around forever, but no chain cover to match our lost one. We left Newport and headed to Tillmook. Not much happening and the sky has been gray with light showers. The seas are excellent at 5 feet every 11 seconds and the winds out of the north west at 5 - 8m knots. Easy cruising, just gray and about 3 mile visibility. We picked up a hitch hiker into Tillamook. I don't know if you can see the little yellow finch on the top of the life raft cover, but she stayed there for about 1/2 hour resting. We were about two miles from shore, so it would have been a long trip for her. The entry into Tillamook is long and quite pretty with interesting rock formations. We will stay here one day and head to Gray's Harbor next.