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Cape Blanco Cape Blanco is a great place to stay but you have to like the wind. Even though the morning was sunny for us, there was a constant breeze that kept the temperature cool. When I spoke… Read More
Most of us weren’t feeling all that gung-ho when we woke up in our yurt in Bullards Beach. Jill was ready to hit the road but the rest of us decided to make Day 17 an easy day and… Read More
Sunset Bay Day 16 presented a quandary for us. We needed to get from Sunset Bay to Bullards Beach. The most direct route led south over Cape Arago down to Seven Devils Road but here was no “good”… Read More
Oregon Dunes KOA Because of DuneFest, the Oregon Dunes KOA was the busiest campground we’d been to up to that point. We seemed to be the only backpackers there and likely the only ones who went to bed… Read More
Tahkenitch to Gardiner Leaving Tahkenitch, we had a long day of highway walking to get down to Winchester Bay. Originally, we wanted to walk back to the beach from the Tahkenitch campground and head south but we couldn’t… Read More
Florence to South Jetty Road It was a little harder to get up and going after the long rest day, especially when it seemed like the rains promised the day before simply waited until we were ready to… Read More
Florence Day 12 was a rest and recharge day at the midpoint of our trek. We did laundry, shopped for groceries and got to spend some quality time in the town of Florence. The Lighthouse Inn was our… Read More
Beachside to Yachats As we left Beachside on Wednesday morning, we were increasingly wary of a big storm predicted for Thursday and Friday. Weather.com indicated a 100% chance of rain and gale force winds on the coast. Not… Read More
South Beach to Beaver Creek Day 10 began rainy. By this point, we had plenty of practice walking in the rain but we left a little late to try to avoid being drenched from the start. Like many… Read More
In our original plan, Day 9 was a short stretch, only 10 miles. In the end, we found a few more. Walking out of Beverly Beach, we met another thru-hiker named Tanner from Dallas. He had just graduated… Read More
