May 4, 2022 Cape Blanco, Oregon

 High of 57, mostly sunny with some wind.

We hiked to Blacklock Point just north of where we are camped.  Rhododendrons, salal and barberry blooms. Wild rhododendrons on the trail. 

Rhododendron bud, starting to open and open. More rhododendrons. 

Puddles of water on the trail that they mostly made trails around. 

Another really big puddle on the trail. The foliage was very thick and dark in places. 

The sun makes it through the canopy once and awhile. We hiked on part of the Oregon Coast Trail. Larkspur and a big clover bloom. 

The view looking north at Blacklock point. John enjoying the view looking south. The farthest point is Cape Blanco where we are camped. 

Strawberries, violet, a plant with yellow flowers and yellow leaves and lupine. Blacklock point. 

John on the trail on the way back. Some fiddleheads. the first one has a spider on it, and gorse. 

John found a garter snake. On the beach were some of these rocks with shells imbedded in them. The land along the highway is either cattle ranches or cranberry bogs. Very lush green area. 

The Sixes River entering the ocean. There is an old  homestead down there. The huge driftwoods on the beach near sunset. There are two people in those logs, gives you an idea how big they are. 

Logs seen walking north on the beach. We were walking, not the logs.