Category: OCT

Well, you may recall from the last blog that I was suffering from plantar fasciitis. Although I still am aware of my right heel, the pain has diminished significantly. I am continuing to wear...

It was a beautiful day after days of clouds and rain, so I took off on what turned out to be a 10 mile training hike through northeast Eugene. The hike was fun, I...

Well, I have completed a ritual I do for almost every long hike, and that is to walk the trail in my head. This is usually accomplished by sitting down with a paper pad,...

Sleeping in a camping hammock provides an always level, no rock or root under you, soft supportive bed. If you sit in the middle with your legs over the side of the hammock, it’s a...

As I mentioned last time, one of the challenges of the OCT is finding a place to camp since large swaths of the path run through no-dispersed-camping zones. In addition some camping will be...

The north end of the Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) originates on the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River just behind the bathroom at the “C” parking lot. A somewhat inauspicious place...