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rozoneill: The hike began at the historical Port Orford Lifeboat Station
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rozoneill: The trail down to the headlands invites
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rozoneill: This old spruce tree was huge.
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rozoneill: Ferns roost on a spruce branch
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rozoneill: View across the bay from Port Orford Heads
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rozoneill: What remains of the old lifeboat house
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rozoneill: View out to the larger sea
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rozoneill: The first part of the hike was through pleasant forest
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rozoneill: View out to distant Sisters Rock
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rozoneill: A sea of silvery goodness
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rozoneill: The first (but not the last!) wild iris I've seen this year
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rozoneill: Leafless shrubs imparted a definite twiggy vibe to the trail
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rozoneill: Doing the twiggy dance
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rozoneill: The forests thinned out on the exposed headlands
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rozoneill: A secluded cove way below the trail
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rozoneill: Where land ends and ocean begins
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rozoneill: Foundational piers are all that remain of the Port Orford lookout tower
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rozoneill: Redfish Rocks populate the bay north of Humbug Mountain
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rozoneill: Panorama on a fine spring morning
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rozoneill: The trail tunnels through the coastal scrub
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rozoneill: The difference between evergreens and deciduous trees, photographically explained
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rozoneill: A small pyramid adrift in the oceanic expanse
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rozoneill: Land's end at Port Orford
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rozoneill: Oaks toothwort graced the path here and there
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rozoneill: The trail navigated the headland rim
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rozoneill: View north from Port Orford Heads
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rozoneill: Looks like the pyramid has a cave entrance on it
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rozoneill: Trail through the windswept scrub
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rozoneill: Beautiful beaches, if you could get down to them
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rozoneill: Surf, painting the beach sand