Exploring the Rogue '21

We've been getting on the river a bit more this year locally, which has been fun.  We need to get a raft... and doing the Wild and Scenic is high on the list...

Went back to back this weekend...

• Gold Hill down to Rogue River (should take out at VOTR as that last section is flat)
• Touvelle to Lyman's (it's chill down to Fisher's Ferry, from there there are 2 or 3 tricky rapids that are class II).  
• Gold Hill to VOTR with the boys (forgot the IK... whoops)
• 4th of July SUP with Jasper from Gold Hill to VOTR
• Dodge to Touvelle with Balesteris, Jasper, Fam
• Dodge to Touvelle with the Smiths and Jasper

Sunset Bay Yurts

 

Shasta showing his Dominace over Tina

Soon the boys had other plans with Marin's wagon

Love this coast line here... 

Great Tide Pooling

Lots of unsanctioned paths... 

Notes

• Located 3.5 hrs away just outside of Coos Bay
• Great tide pooling spots
• Clamming? -check the tides
• Bastendorff is a nice beach
• Lots of secret beaches

Next Time

• Check out the Strava Heat maps and do some more exploring - https://www.strava.com/heatmap#14.35/-124.37610/43.31539/hot/all
• Area between Sacchi Beach (private but can walk up from 7 devil's rec site at low tide) and Cape Arago
• 7 mi run - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/cape-arago-to-shore-acres-loop?ref=result-card
• 8.5 mi - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/sunset-bay-to-cape-arago?ref=result-card
• Go check out Agate and Sacchi beach at low tide
• Hikes
• Simpson Reef Trail 3.2 mi - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/simpson-reef-loop-trail--3
• S. Slough - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/south-slough-national-estuarine-research-reserve
• Cape Arago Pack trail - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/cape-arago-pack-trail--2
• Golden and Silver falls on the way or home - https://www.alltrails.com/explore/trail/us/oregon/golden-and-silver-falls
• Coos Bay - 7 devils brew co, 

Strava clips

• https://www.strava.com/activities/5104460954 - cape arago
• https://www.strava.com/activities/5111164487 - scrambling from camp with Jasper
• https://www.strava.com/activities/5111160202 - Yoakom pt.

OR road trip part 2: Shenanigans in Portland

In front of my favorite soapbox car

The day after the Timbers game, we first went out to Mt. Tabor to check out the adult Soapbox derby that Jasper told us about last night.  He was volunteering for it.  The kids had a great time watching hipsters bomb down the hill in decked out soapbox cars.  Good times.  

Then we cruised back towards downtown and decided to bike around town... the best way to see any city in my opinion, especially Portland.    

The kids got the bed this night...

But they still snuggled with us in our bed in the morning, where I read them a few chapters.  

White currants from Louie's yard.  Yummers.  

Soon, we went to meet up with Jasper who was volunteering at the box car derby.  

Watching these decked out cars cruising down the park certainly a highlight for the boys.  

The totoro cat bus!  We had to go back up and see this one up close.  

The kids in their own derby car... at the playground in Mt. Tabor

Soon we were biking around town, crossing bridges, mainly on bike paths, lovely day in Portland...

Submarine!

My ride for the day.  

Only in Portland...

Soon we found this gem of a splash pad... and decided to hang out here.  

The kids got pretty soaked really quickly, so I went to a goodwill and got some clothes and a towel.  

Pretty sweet robe right?

Back in Louie's hood, we walked down to Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) and met up with Jasper and his lady.  

Check out the sampler!  It was 10$ for it all... a great deal IMO.    

Sunday

Brekky on the deck.  Courtesy of Louie!

TP!  Courtesy of Louie...

Nikko swinging... holding 10 ft bamboo...

The caterpillar we caught made a cocoon!

After brekky, we walked/uni-ed down to the local park...

Which featured a splash pad.  Something the bay area lacks due to it being cold all the time...

This strategy sufficiently pooped out the kids...

And we had an easy drive down to Corvallis for the eclipse viewing for tomorrow...