The Storey Burn loop is one of those beautiful but mostly uneventful hikes you can do. Located in the heart of the Tillamook forest, this loop is actually the combination of a couple of trails. It starts from the Gales Creek trail head (which is the hike I wanted to do) but it veers off after a mile or so. Then, the trail takes you a very dense and beautiful fern forest as it navigates thru one side of the ridge. Views are not plentiful and the only real disappointing thing about it is the noise. As we were hiking, the sound of gunshots went with us most of the way. Fortunately those shots were not close to be dangerous, but they were not far enough for us to not notice that it must have been a group of…people, just shooting, you know the type. The other weird thing about this trail is that, at some point it crosses under the highway, but to get back and complete the loop, you have to find your way, cross the highway and then find the next trail that follows the creek back to the parking lot. It was still a great hike with a very nice group of friends
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