Author: Mark (SlowBro) Hurd

Last night, as I looked through what I had to do today, I realized that I needed to get around Five Mile Point at low tide. It was close to 14 miles south of...

Last night, as I lay in my hammock, trying to get to sleep with the sounds of generators and conversations all around me, I was wondering why I am doing this trail. Then at...

I was walking by 6:15 this morning. I had about 8 miles of beach between me and Ten Mile Creek, another of those “ford at low tide or else” streams. I was on target...

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...