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- <p>Made a wrong turn early in the day and ended up 8 miles out of my way in Skokomish. As best as I can
- remember, that was the first and only time I had to backtrack a significant distance due to taking a wrong
- turn. The day was spent on bucolic 2-lane roads twisting through fields of flowers and farmland. I think
- this was the most beautiful region, maybe because I'm a biased Washingtonian or because it was so early in the
- trip, but I do consider this the area with the greatest natural beauty.</p>
- <p>The roads here were all named in the same way. For instance, Matlock Brady Road was a road that went
- between the towns of (shocker!!) Matlock and Brady. I thought that was cute, if a little unimaginative.</p>
- <p>Spent the night in Montesano, a town Kurt Cobain lived in as a child and where grunge band The Melvins are
- from. It got its name from a notably pious settler who wanted to name it Mount Zion. Another settler thought
- that was a little extra so they went with Montesano because it sounded better.</p>
- <p>From my journal:</p>
- <blockquote>Today, I hit my groove. My legs were tired but never exhausted.</blockquote>
- <blockquote>I saw a man with no legs lying on the side of the highway. I didn't know if he was taking a nap or
- dead. I think I would have stopped, but there was a cop there already.</blockquote>
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