After doing Munra Point which was absolutely fantastic, both Li and I still had a bit of the need to do another peak. To change the scenery a bit and taking advantage of the extremely good weather, we decided to head out to the coast and hike up Neahkahnie Mountain from Oswald West State Park. The hike starts in a somewhat dense area going towards the coast and the veers off and starts climbing on a very dense forest. After a while, the trail reaches a meadow that opens up giving a view towards the viewpoint in from of the Devil’s Cauldron. We took a short detour to go check it out and enjoy the views. AS you’ll see in the pictures it was breathtaking. From that point, we hiked back towards the road, crossed it and started ascending towards the summit. The hike itself has a handful of switchbacks with great views towards the coast. On a hot day, you start feeling these switchbacks pretty soon. About half way in, we got back in the dense forest and much cooler temperatures. The forest in this part of the hike is primarily second growth with immense trees. The beauty is that the trail goes around and gives you a hint of the summit but you get the real view in the last couple of steps. Around that area, I found some pretty nice flowers which I believe to be shooting stars. We stayed on the summit for a while enjoying the view of the coast and then started our hike back. Almost at the end, Shia took an opportunity to refresh herself a bit, something that even to us felt really good.
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