Last day and out early to beat the bugs. Had coffee on trail and still many, many bugs!

I’m camped at a mystery location somewhere near Pacific city. It’s a nice spot in the woods with my tent set up on some nice thick moss.

Well I made it to Cape Lookout mostly intact. I did develop a nice blister on my pinky toe.

I’m back out on the trail again after waiting out the holiday weekend and some rain the last couple of days.

Well, I made it to Manzanita with an hour and a half to spare. after getting the car I went to the farmers market which was very well attended and scored a delicious grilled ham and cheese sandwich for dinner.

I didn’t hear or see any vermin. Just heard one coyote howl in the predawn hours. Slept OK but a little on the cold side. The hike down to Indian Beach area was nice because I was on the service road.

Somehow I made it all the way to the hikers Camp on Tillamook head by 6:30 PM. That was quite a long haul all the way from Fort Stevens. It rained some last night and the camp was quite noisy

Official start of the OCT. i’m here at the hikers Camp at Fort Stevens. Ran into a nice kid from the UK also here to hike. Met him as we were both getting off the bus at the entrance to the campground.