Monthly Archive: July 2023

Today was supposed to be an easy day. Get up late, have a leisurely breakfast, saunter down to the beach, and walk 8 miles to the Umpqua River. There I would call Winchester Bay...

Up at 4:30 for a 5AM start on our drive back to the coast. That is only half an hour before dawn. At 6:30, Nancy drops me off on South Jetty road and I...

Ok, I have a confession to make. Since I started this hike I have had one major fear. It was not the distance, not the tides, not the climbs, nor the wild animals. Not...

I was up early, much earlier than the restaurants open in Yachats, so I checked my food and found I had an extra breakfast! Well, a bird in the hand and all that. I...

Well, it was an uneventful night. Somehow I evaded the long arm of the law and was able to pack up and flee the scene of the crime back to the Driftwood Beach SP...

Shhh! Sorry, I have to whisper. I’m stealth camped at Driftwood Beach State Park, a postage stamp size park on the coast that boasts a parking lot, bathroom, a few acres of woods, Oh…...