Midway RV Park, Coos Bay, OR: Another sunny day! Sat outside for a while reading and then we
decided to go back to the High Tide Café for breakfast. Ate on their back deck on the South Slough of Coos Bay. Left there and Mike wanted to go off the
beaten path and check out a state park with a couple of water falls. He found it in the book of things to do on
the Oregon coast that Andrea gave us. We have used that a lot. Thanks, Andrea! It said in the book that it wasn’t easy to get
to these falls but was well worth it.
Okay I said. We drove down this
pretty river valley that narrowed and narrowed.
And then the paved road turned into gravel and got even narrower. The river was now a stream with lots of flat
rocks and rapids. The locals were out
there basking on the flat rocks and splashing around in the stream. We FINALLY got there and headed out to hike
the trail to Silver Falls. A beautiful trail with huge,
old-growth pines. This trail was first
used by the early settlers as a wagon road and then it became a stage road, and
then a logging road. It was used until
the late 50s! Must have been scary.
After hiking to Silver Falls we hiked to Gold Falls. A really beautiful, rugged area. Drove back which seemed a lot quicker than
driving up there. 77 up there by the
falls. 70 down here in Coos Bay.
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View from our table at breakfast this morning. |
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On the trail to Silver Falls. Beautiful! This was once a stage road! |
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Trees covered in moss. Primeval! |
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Silver Falls |
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