A great Oregon trip

 A group of us from Cambria......7 adults, 4 dogs, 2 RV,s and a car..... spent two weeks in Oregon. Four of us hiked selected sections of the Oregon Coast trail, accomplishing about 10-13 miles a day....at least by my fit bit. Other joined us on a few stretches and Treva, Mike and Joel gave us transport support. The trail meanders between Hwy 1 and the ocean going through the forest and often giving access to beautiful views and beaches. Thanks Janet, for planning a wonderful trip. 

Do we know where we are going?

The first night in Redding. 

Treva and friend Mike in his rv in the parking lot, 

The rest of us in a hotel and hot tub.

A nice lunch on the Rogue River

Then we follow the RV in the rain

to Seaside...

First hike from Seaside south

I call "Hiking in the Rain and Mud"

We did get to see the hiker camp

we would be staying at

if we were backpacking.

We chose to do this trip with daypacks.

  

The next day, more of the same.

Our first long hike....10 miles 

of sticky, ankle deep mud.

  We loved it....when it was over.

Janet slips in the mud

Our shoes need scrubbing and our

morals boosting. At the end of the day it was fun.

There were backpackers doing the whole trail

doing laundry with us.

Making time to play with the dogs on the beach.

That's where we are headed tomorrow.

Secret Beach

Camping at Cape Blanco

Let me introduce the characters:

Janet, our planner, Treva her daughter

 ready for any support task, 

Mike, her patient friend,

 full of good knowledge about RVs,

 Sue, waving hi to her Mike

who chose to stay home.

. Mary and Randy,

always at the front on the trails.

and Joel, who bravely drove the rental RV.

Good breakfast at Cannon Beach

Mike cooks the burgers.

 MJ joins  us and brings local

Tillamook Ice Cream

We gather for breakfasts in the RV

Sadie and I travel together.

 We meet up with Kathy and Lyle

and hike to the lighthouse at Point Blanco

We hike part way together ...some river crossings.

Very doable so far....although we were warned

that the Elk crossing was bad....

After saying goodbye to Kathy, Lyle and Joel 

we continued on our hike to agate beach

We removed our shoes to cross the mighty Elk River.

OK it doesn't look that bad in the photos...

but it swept Mary off her feet. 

Randy quickly gave the dog to Janet and went to rescue her,

   They both ended up crawling out, soaking wet

We were sensible and looked for another crossing.

To make a long story short,

we ended up climbing up onto private property,

meeting the owner, Carol. Charmed her into letting 

us trespass, called Joel for a ride and hiked down

her private road to meet him. We even told her 

we were Californians to which she bumped

her forehead and rolled her eyes.

Those are sheep between the trees.

In Yachats I stay in the hiker/biker rooms

Earlier,  we hiked to the lighthouse

at Point Blanco

We hike to the lighthouse

Treva's birthday dinner

Randy cooks a Tri Tip for Treva's birthday

More ice cream for dessert

and a good nights sleep 

in my cozy tent

Working our way south.

Great views. lovely beaches, good exercise

A great lunch spot

We used a rope to climb down to this beach.

Sometimes the trail is hard to find

Sometimes we emerge at the highway

We were able to hike from Arch rock

 to Brookings along the scenic corridor.

We stayed in a cabin at Whales Head resort

Our traditional harem pants photo.

Sadie sleeps well even though she doesn't hike.

Treva collects rocks

We see Banana Slugs

This is where the trail abruptly ends at Brookings

And Randy tries to get us a ride ...

actually, Treva picked us up.

We have so many more pics from

my camera and Janets....

more added later....