#hike27

[willflyforbeer]

#Hike27 was the 10K trail in the Sandias! While a bit challenging due to the higher altitude, this view was worth every step. 7 miles total. #52hikechallenge2020 (at Sandia Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFfee38gn1L/?igshid=1892z89fqml60

[juliagoolia85-blog]

Posed to "Girl on Fire". Appropriate. Not joke. Since my whole world is currently up in flames. The place I consider home and the national forest I adore (Umpqua National Forest) is ablaze. And then there's my hometown: Brookings, Oregon. The place I spent the first 18 years of my life and another 3 years after a yr of college in Virginia. 95,000 acres in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest burning. My heart is breaking. But still ... I go hiking. #upinflames #upinsmoke #igohiking #hikeswithfriends #hikerbabes #schaefferslastoregonhike #hikerbabes100org #7/100 #52hikechallenge #hike27

[the-wandered-blog]

last weekend i decided not to hike as i was one ahead and wanted to rest. i just moved as well and have been settling in. the past few days t and i have been camping at humbug mountain state park on the southern oregon coast. it is beautiful out here. we have found expanses of dark sandy beaches and rocky coves. one thing is the same though, as all the oregon coast is, the water is really cold.

on tuesday we went to sisters rock state park. there is no sign for it and it is relatively new in terms of state parks. between mile markers 314 and 315 there is a small turn off (it's not a proper road). it is easy to miss. we found it and took a short hike. the hike was to a giant sea cave. of the three sisters, two of them are attached to the headland while one is in the ocean. we went up a path on one and things took a turn for me.

a rain path looked like a path to go on so i climbed. in actuality i had read the directions one way and they meant another. there is a path on the left to frankport beach. then a fork and you take the right one. the directions i found talked about it with the first sister rock and i thought it meant the closest one. it also talked of something looking like a crater and we thought this one did. the info i found also said to scramble up a hundred feet. you're not supposed to climb on the monoliths and that's what happened. eventually i got scared and it was unsafe so i went back down, slowly. it was hard as the rocks to hold on to were mainly loose dirt rocks. at one point i was trying to find a way down and there was about a foot drop to the next place to get down. i couldn't find a way down and things to hold onto. i was on the verge of tears. thus my trail name for the day is " cliff crier". t had the nickname of "pit master" or "campfire chef" because she has made great meals on our slightly sad looking fire pit.

after i got down we explored more and then finally found the right of that fork. we climbed up some rocks and found the sea cave. it was massive. then we went along a bit of beach before going back to the other trail to frankport beach. when we were tired and cold we hiked back to the car to come back to camp.

if you are on the southern oregon coast near port orford (about fifteen to eighteen miles south) or nesika beach (about six to eight miles north) you should see this place. it's a hidden spot with beautiful views. don't make the same mistake i did of climbing where you're not supposed to. but it is fun to explore the rest of the state park. there's something about being places most people usually miss.

-n.

1.1 miles, elevation gain: 180 ft. (at least the websites i looked at said this)