Aside from unsafe highway walking, I have tried my best not to cheat the Oregon Coast Trail. I want to walk the entire coastline. Experience everything.
But today is testing my resolve. Today’s 14 mile hike is part of the Oregon Dunes Natl Recreation Area. The shoreline is sloped, which wrecks your knee after awhile. Also the softest sand I’ve walked on thus far, at a time when I really need that nice, hard, compact sand.
And blisters.
But there WAS pure joy earlier with canine trail friends.