Portland Hikers ArchiveReturn to Portland Hikers Archive Coos Bay area father/daughter trek. 03-18-08/ 03-21-08 Posted by AlexanderSupertramp (2008-03-25)
| I'll spare everybody the personal reasons why, but my daughter and I had some time off together last week. We took the opportunity to travel further south than we had ever been here in Oregon for a mini-vacation. Based on a couple of places I wanted to see, we stayed in Coos Bay and ran around during the day. Our first stop was the sweet creek falls hike outside of Florence. I had never heard of it before, but it was a beautiful, peaceful, easy stroll along a trail partially composed of catwalks bolted to cliffs. There were waterfalls to numerous to count along the way, though none were much larger than 10 - 20 feet.
Next we took a scenic drive down through powers along the north fork of The Coquille River to Elk Creek Falls. There was also a very tall and impressive falls next to it. I'm guessing it's ephemeral.
Our next destination was the Golden and Silver Falls State Park. It was about an hours drive north east of Coos Bay. A very small secluded park, that happened to have what I considered two very beautiful waterfalls under a mile away from each other........Golden
And Silver... Our trip concluded with a drive up the coast. Last official stop was the Sea Lion caves. Definitely not a "hike" but a worthwile stop, especially if you have a six year old with :-) It was a wonderful trip. It rained off and on but never while we were hiking. The skies were blue the final day heading up the coast. For those interested, the roads leading from Powers down through Agness pass and out to Gold Beach have been cleared and recently opened. The trail at Sweet Creek was dry and well maintained. The trails at Golden and Silver Falls were muddy but maintained and easily passable. All were very well worth the visit. Adam
| Re: Coos Bay area father/daughter trek. 03-18-08/ 03-21-08 Posted by jeffstatt (2008-03-25)
| Very nice report Adam. How far would you say the Sweet Creek Falls path was? Looks perfect fot the attention span of your average 6-year-old (I have one too!) I love reports like these because that show lots of little side diversions for kids. I'll have to look up Silver and Gold Falls when I'm out that way with the family next time.
By the way, any background to the username "AlexanderSupertramp". I have to admit I get the song "take the long way home" stuck in my head every time I see it. Ok I'm totally dating myself here aren't I. ( I am watching American Idol as I type this, does that count for anything?) | Re: Coos Bay area father/daughter trek. 03-18-08/ 03-21-08 Posted by chameleon (2008-03-26)
| Adam,
Thanks for this great post. It seems you had a great trip! Its also interesting to hear a bit of your story - about choosing the Alexandersupertramp name, and such (did you catch the recent movie?). The real story is so powerful I think in that while the real man was so troubled and not dealing with issues in the best way, he reacted in a way I think all of us who love the wilds can appreciate. It's easy to understand him and to empathize and at some level admire him, while also acknowledging that he made some very poor choices. It's very unfortunate that he never made it past that phase of his life. :(
On a brighter note, you ought to take your daughter up to Triple Falls one of these days. (and be sure to wade in to the base of "Oneonta falls" (Ok...I disagree that this is the original Oneonta...lol...but most folks call it this now!) as I'm sure she'd get a real kick out of it on your way out. It involves climbing over the large log-jam (perhaps the most travelled log jam on earth), and wading up the chasm to the falls from the scenic highway. (Just make sure not to go on a Sat/Sun, or you will be sharing the stream with a lot of folks!
-Zach |
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