Oregon Coast south of Yachats, July 2005

The Pacific Crest TrailJuly 14th thru 21st, 2005 - The Oregon Coast & The Cascade Range

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• trip date: 7/14 thru 7/21/05
• distance: 2000+ miles on the car, around 18-20 miles on foot
• destination: First the Oregon Coast, then The Cascade Range
• the group: Nick, Nate and the dogs, Sonny and Nikita

Now this was a vacation, a whole week off for a road trip to Oregon. I had just bought a Toyota 4-Runner a few days earlier, what a fine way to break it in. Nate had been living in Corvalliss, Oregon for about a month and I figured I would go take advantage of his home base and see more of Oregon, my second favorite state. The first couple of days consisted of going to the coast, hiking, fly fishing local rivers, etc. The rest of the trip was a backpacking trip in the Cascades on which we inadvertently ended up spending several days camping right along the Pacific Crest Trail. The PCT is one of the largest, most used trails in the United States. Think of it as a sort of backcountry super-highway, people passing by are often pushing 30-40 miles per day in their goal to hike from Mexico to Canada. The pictures should tell the rest.

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