Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 25
The last road walk. That’s how I looked at the last stretch of the Oregon Coast Trail heading south out of Brookings. Honestly there didn’t seem to be a point. Except that I wanted that picture of me standing...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 23 – 24
I don’t always hate road walks. I’ve done my share. But the biggest downfall of the Oregon Coast Trail, besides not being able to sleep in Oswald West SP as a thru hiker, is the 41% of the trail...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 17 – 22
It turns out that my ride wasn’t a serial killer after all. He was simply in the area looking for some property on which to park his RV for the summer and he dropped me off at a hotel...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Day 16
Like I said, the storm lasted through the night but at least it let up in the morning. I ended up dragging everything into the bathroom to pack up there and get ready for the days hike. The big...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Days 14 – 15
Let me just say this again, the Oregon Dunes are awesome. Leaving Umpqua Lighthouse I returned to the beach near the jetty. I passed a school bus picking up kids and a single guy on the beach walking his...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Days 11 – 13
With a cool morning it was an easy hike into Yachats for my resupply. I ate a pastry and drank a half gallon of milk on a bench overlooking the ocean. I considered Yachats to be my halfway point....
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Days 9 – 10
The beach walk in Lincoln City is nice but heading south from there is another long road walk. I was getting sick of road walks. So for a couple bucks I rode the bus south to Beverly Beach State...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Days 5 – 8
Asprin and the idea of catching the ferry across the bay got me through the next day. My ankle was bulging out of my shoe and now both of my feet were infected on the bottom with some kind...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Days 2 – 4
The morning of my second day on the Oregon Coast Trail thru hike I walked from Gearhart into Seaside. Feeling a little better because the rain had gone away and it didn’t look like it would return. I picked...
Oregon Coast Trail Thru Hike Journal
On April 8th I was dropped off at the Columbia River’s South jetty in Fort Stevens State Park to begin the 382 mile hike south along the Oregon Coast Trail. It started out overcast, and my ride, a trail...