The idea for this hike was to do the same trail we did for the Hallowing party at the aquarium. What we didn’t know was that the access road to the trail head is closed during the winter. Once we got there and drove back and forth a couple of times and discover our error, we decided to park at a close by boat ramp that gives access to the Salmon River. From that point, there’s a trail that heads up to Cascade head going through the Natural Conservancy which doesn’t allow dogs. Since some of us, including me, had our four legged friends with us, we were forced to divide the group in two. The dog-less crowd did the intended hike while we went on a much shorter walk on a road towards the coast and hiked along the Salmon River Estuary. The road was a short climb and right after the turn we got to some houses with the horrible views you can see in some of the pictures. Once we got to the end of the road, we continued a bit to the water front and walked along the coast line. Further ahead, once we got closer to the sea, we saw some sea lions taking a nap and enjoying the scarce sun on the opposite shore of the river. As you’ll see in the pictures, not only the views of the river, sea, rocks and wildlife were amazing but the constant changing cloud pattern made it even more dramatic as we went from sunshine to hail and back. Although it was not much of a hike, it ended up being worth it for the views.
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