Cape Lookout Trail is a 5 mile roundtrip trek out to the tip of the cape. We are camping for a week at Cape Lookout Campground near Tillamook and did this hike one morning. The trail from the campground heading north up to the start of the Cape Trail is closed so we drove the …
As I mentioned before, there are so many features along the Oregon coast besides just sand and waves. One day we headed south from camp to check out a couple more coastal formations and we hiked up Cape Perpetua for a stellar view. Devil’s Churn This deep chasm exposes the shoreline’s volcanic history and shows …
The coast of Oregon has never been known for it’s mountain biking but there is some. Newport Trail Stewards, AKA NEWTS have been busy. We rode the Big Creek Trails one cool morning. The trails are located on city land, with the bike club building and maintaining the trails. The trails crisscross coastal forest habitat, …
The coast around Newport, Oregon has a lot to see and do. There are so many interesting formations to see and we played tourists. Yaquina Head Lighthouse First up was the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. We parked at the Interpretive Center and walked a paved path all the way out to the lighthouse. The historic Yaquina …
Heceta Head was a spot of frequent fishing and hunting by the American Indian tribes that populated the area and is part of the Siuslaw Indians’ traditional lands, known in their language as ɫtúwɪs. Now it’s a tourist attraction. Heceta Head is named for Bruno de Heceta, a Spanish navigator and explorer, who surveyed the Oregon coast …
Even though we lived in Bend for 16 years, we didn’t spend a whole lot of time on the coast or in the valley. As we travel north to the Olympic Peninsula we are stopping over in some new and old places. I hate driving. I know that sounds weird for someone who travels full …
Our last ride in the area capped off a great time at Crater Lake. This was an exploratory ride and I loved it! We rode up to the top of Huckleberry Mtn before, but this was a different route…all gravel and beautiful. The ride was 18.8 miles with 2,139′ of climbing. I sound like a …
Happy Autumn! You’ve probably seen me post about our rides here before. Spence Mtn is one of the premier mountain biking spots in the area. Klamath Falls is lucky to have this gem of a trail system. We spent a gorgeous fall afternoon riding here again and had a great time…except for all the webs …
Foster Creek Ride I feel like I type the same things each ride these days. As I’ve stated, the area around Crater Lake, and the Rogue River have countless options for gravel and moto trail rides. We have been incredibly lucky to spend time here and explore the area. This post is for our last …
I’m running out of things to say about all the remote gravel routes we keep riding. Derek mapped out this one so that we’d swing by and see National Falls first and then climb up onto a huge ridge before looping around on some moto trails to return to the start. Our ride was 26.1 …