Boardman Corridor

Today we entered the Boardman Corridor. Named after Samuel Boardman who was the head of the Oregon Park Service starting in 1929. A forward thinking man, he was able to increase the few rest stops that were all of the “state parks” in 1929 to more than 50 thousand acres by 1950. Buying up land during the depression when it was cheap and acreage where the timber had all been cut so it was not worth as much, he was able to acquire much of the spectacular Oregon coast lands that are todays parks.

The namesake corridor is a linear park of rugged Oregon coast land only twelve miles long, but containing nearly 20+ miles of the OCT.

After our stealth camp near Pistol River, Cappuccino and I left camp at 6:45. We hiked up 101 a little over a mile to rejoin the OCT. It was on another 3 miles to the Boardman Corridor where we left the road for the the next 10 miles. Leading through mature second growth forests, across meadows, and down to pristine beaches the trail meandered. 101 is close by, but the trail did a good job of staying free of it. We saw jaw dropping coast scenery intermixed with cathedral like forest sections. Wandering along streams and later across sand dunes, it was a magical day of walking in the woods. 

We finished up 14 miles at Whaleshead Beach at 2:45. Nancy, who was coming from Eugene, pulled in the parking area at exactly 3 o’clock. We are all at a hotel in the town of Brooking tonight. Tomorrow we return to Whaleshead and complete our walk down to the California border. Nancy will pick us up when we finish.