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rozoneill: It was a foggy and drizzly day at Bastendorff Beach
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rozoneill: Miners Creek steamed its way across the beach
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rozoneill: Miners Creek and its vapor trail
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rozoneill: Miners Creek joins up with the larger cause
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rozoneill: Miners Creek wasn't very deep where it fanned across the beach
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rozoneill: I'll pass on the swim, thank you very much
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rozoneill: Yokam Point would be my next destination on this hike
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rozoneill: Visibility was limited, to put it mildly
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rozoneill: The hills above the beach were barely visible
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rozoneill: A snipe fly chills on a salal leaf
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rozoneill: A fern curls its baby fingers
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rozoneill: The trail sliced through all the salal you could ever want to hike through
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rozoneill: Salal berries dangle over the trail
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rozoneill: The mottled fruits of false lily-of-the-valley
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rozoneill: Pathway through the greenery
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rozoneill: The fog took away a lot of the views from Yoakam Point
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rozoneill: The trail wound its way through the forest atop Yoakam Point
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rozoneill: Pathway through the trees and mist
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rozoneill: At times the path became sketchy and overgrown
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rozoneill: View up to a misty ridge overlooking the trail
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rozoneill: The tip of Yoakam Point, seen from a neighboring overlook
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rozoneill: The murky and mysterious Oregon coast
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rozoneill: Nice diving platform, if you could get down to it without cliff-jumping
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rozoneill: Which way should I go?
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rozoneill: And the crowd goes wild
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rozoneill: The mourning throng carried him to his final resting place
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rozoneill: The Bastendorff Bog Trail invites
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rozoneill: Salal, coastal huckleberry, and a whole lot of trees thrive on this part of the coast
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rozoneill: Trees large and small flanked the trail
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rozoneill: Skunk cabbages were prevalent at Bastendorff Bog