Lazy (not so much) Sunday afternoon

Since we had a free weekend a group of us decided to take a hike. We set off Sunday afternoon for the Drift Creek Wilderness area just east of Waldport on 34 in the coast range. We were looking for adventure, I guess, and we found a good time in the process. We hiked downhill (yeah) for about 2 miles before we found this amazing creek. We assumed it was the reputed Drift Creek. The wilderness area was pretty much all old growth and we had a good time getting down the trail because of the collection of fallen trees from the winter storms. The trail was a bit muddy too but you can't ask for everything.

At the creek we stopped to have a rest and have lunch. Exploring around the site we found a huge tree which had other trees growing out of it and we decided to take some awesome pictures on it. Here's a picture of all of us (l-r: Justin, Jeremy, Jim, Me, Skylar, and Lou) standing atop the tree doing our best poses. I guess it's our best. Around the creek were a couple of obvious fire pits and we thought it would be super fun to come back and have a Hatfield overnight/camping extravaganza some weekend. Like possibly the next weekend we have. We'll see how that works out.

We went up the creek a little ways and found a nice little pebble beach where we skipped rocks for awhile. Here's a picture of Lou, mid-skip, while I watch on. (I'm the one wearing the skirt, as usual) We had a discussion about whether or not the six of us were affecting the erosion rate of the beach by sifting through and removing the best skipping rocks. It was a good laugh, as we realized that only such huge nerds would have such a conversation. We left soon after as it was getting late and we wanted to get back to the cars by dark. It hadn't occured to us until then that the 2 miles we had walked downhill was going to have to be walked back uphill. Good times.

Here's a final picture of us from the log, probably the best one, where we all show our flying skills.