Well, there’s not a whole lot to mention, I’ve just been cruising along and trying to enjoy as much of the ocean as I possibly can. I saw whales and Depoe Beach, tide pools all over in Yachats, harbor seals near Waldport (and then again all along the coast, they kept popping up!). It’s just been a wonderland of ocean adventures! The only bad part of this whole trip is when I have to road walk on the 101, so I’ve been taking a lot of buses to get around those road walking sections. So have I walked every inch of the OCT? Absolutely not. Do I care about that? Absolutely not. 🙃
Near seal point, maybe? Tide pool fun! More tide pool fun! I LOVE the tide pools, they’re so interesting!! It’s hard to see, but there’s a harbor seal down there! And then I kept seeing them all along the coast for the next 2 days. I like to think it was all the same seal and she was curious and following me down the coast to see what I did. Hey, it’s possible, right?!? Jellyfish on the beach? I actually don’t know, but whatever it is these things show up all over the placeThe start of the Sand Dunes Natl Rec AreaThis is one of those crossings you’re supposed to do at low tide, otherwise it gets a little dicey. It was fine when I crossed, the water was just starting to get up to the rocks, no big deal. The trail still does go through the jungle too, don’t forget about that, it’s not all beaches and ocean! A hiker/biker site on the beach, that little trail behind my tent went straight to the beach 🥰
7/2/24 My first week on the trail is done! And wow, did the Sierras ever kick my butt, those first couple of days of hiking were rough. I think I vastly overestimated my abilities and vastly underestimated the Sierras 🙂 It took me 2 extra days than I was planning to make it to Mammoth,…
Finished with the sunshine coast trail! Well, as much of it as I can do, I had to bail out a little early so I could get down to Bellingham to visit a friend before I start the superior trail. Turns out the group I was hiking with likes to sleep in, take long lunches,…
I was ready to be done with the horribleness of California, but I wasn’t ready to be done with the PCT, so I compromised and decided to downgrade myself from “thru-hiker” to “section-hiker”. So I jumped up to Cascade Locks to hike Washington. Both the Sierras and Washington are some of the absolute best hiking…
It’s hard to believe, but I’m almost done with this trail! Only 50 more miles to go until I hit the northern terminus (the trail doesn’t actually go all the way to Canada, it stops about a tenth of a mile from the border. Why? Who knows…) So far the trail has been a lovely…
So far everything has been incredible, this trail does not disappoint! It’s been a nice combination of beach walking and lovely hikes through dense forests. I’ve managed to successfully avoid most of the hwy 101 walking (but not entirely). For example, yesterday I took a “ferry” across Nehalem bay/river (the ferry was a small fishing…
After a wonderful couple of days relaxing and hanging out with friends in Bellingham, I now find myself just outside of Duluth starting down the Superior hiking trail. It’s almost a little jarring to me how quickly I’m moving from one thing to the next, but yet here I am hiking in Minnesota 🤷♀️ There’s…
