When you are planning weekends in Oregon you should add at least one waterfall into your route. There is one state park near Coos Bay, you will need to drive 24 miles off the Highway 101 by not well maintained and narrow road; last three of 24 is a gravel one lane path. Then you…
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Castle Craggs State Park
I planned this hike for a year! I was in love with this place at the first sight. Postcard-perfect views of Castle Craggs stopped my heart when I first planned the trip to Shasta. It was far from our route, so I just added into my bucket list. One year after I planned the weekend…
Castle Rock State Park: Sempervirens Point
I love mountains. Epic creations of mother nature. The whole awesomeness of slopes covered with dense forests or only with the snow is my favorite view. That’s why some weeks make my mind want to drive somewhere and hike to the peak, or a valley with the heartbreaking view… Last Friday I returned from BT…
Ano Nuevo State Park
The year and a half ago on cold January morning, we stopped at Ano Nuevo parking lot. And it wasn’t the best our morning. It was the day when the park closed public access to the most of it beaches. We walked a bit and drove to our favorite Pigeon Point. The week ago I…
Russian Gulch State Park
We opened warm season hikes. Oh, I waited for this for so long. During wet February, I read through posts about waterfalls. I like to check all these crazy places in the foothills and Sierras. But suddenly I stopped on the post about Russian Gulch and fell in love. Green pine forest, canyon, and creek….
Forest of Nisene Marks: Hike to Maple Falls
I never hiked in the Forest of Nisene before that day. And I never wanted. Somehow, this place looked a bit strange to me. All hikes are long, too hard to make it loop.
Portola and Pescadero Creek Parks hike
These two parks are easily combined into the beautiful day hike. There are a lot of variations in the web, and I found that redwoodhikes.com has very detailed trail map with the marked viewpoints, campsites, benches and trailheads. That day I used this one as a reference.
Fall hike at Castle Rock State park
We did a lot of hikes in Santa Cruz Mountains. I like redwood grows, waterfalls and creek, hills and vistas. But one place has the most stunning views. And this place is a Castle Rock State Park.