| Date: November 30, 2008 |
| Location Tahkenitch Creek Trail Hike |
| Where: Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area |
This was an unusual hike in that I started out driving inland to hike at the North Bank Habitat Management Area just north of Roseburg. When I got there it was all cloudy and gloomy with a good number of hunters pick-ups at the trailheads. As I'm not too keen on getting shot at, and I preferred hiking in the sunshine, which I knew from viewing the cams on the Internet that the coast had plenty, I turned around and drove back through Elkton to the coast and bright sunshine.
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I was pleased to find the Tahkenitch Creek Trail now open, it had been closed the last time I had attempted to hike it. I found the new bridge complete and a new section of trail on the far side.
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Buster and I stopped for a quick bite of lunch atop a sand dune. Luxuriating in the warm sunshine I stripped to my t-shirt, while Buster kept guard.
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The mouth of Tahkenitch Creek is always in a state of change in its battle with the ocean, and there is always something different to see. Today I was surprised to find a Great Blue Heron working the shallow waters, successfully snatching up underwater tidbits. |
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