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So, our fourth day in to our vacation, we were in the heart of Oregon, traveling north up I-5 towards Portland. Our goals this day were some of the oldest geocaches in the world, including the site of the Original Stash (the very first cache, placed in May of 2000). I shouldn’t diminish the events…
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GC1AA06 The Crown Jewel: The Unforgettable Smith River
One of the other highlights of this day of our trip, besides the Eight Dollar Mountain Road and subsequent mud issues, was an exploration of a section of trail in the Smith River National Recreation Area that lead to the confluence of the Middle and South forks of the Smith River. The hike we took…
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Flip Flop Fudge: An Eight Dollar Road Adventure
So, I have recounted how on this second full day of our western road trip, we did not manage to make it to the Gold Bluff Beach Campground before they were all full up. After doing the Fern Canyon hike, we figured it would be best to find a place to lay our tents out…
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Fern Canyon
So, here it was, four o’clock in the afternoon now when we pull up to the entrance of Gold Bluffs Beach campground, the first-come-first-serve popular campground. Our chances of actually securing a spot were, at this point, completely nil. Campground full. This was a bummer because we were looking forward to seeing some elk on…