Saturday: Over Bear Peak

Kimbal and I woke relatively early on Saturday and went for a 6 mile hike to the peak of humbug mountain and back. It was a very nice hike, but there was little to no view at the top - might be why they call it "Humbug". The best part of the hike was that we had the trail to ourselves! The trail was actually closed because of many downed trees, but we were able to scramble over them pretty easily, and from the looks of things, many other people had done the same thing.

After we finished the hike we drove south along the coast until we reached Gold Beach and the Rouge River, at which point we took a left and headed east along the river. At first, we were on a nice country road. Then, we were on worn out country roads. And then, we were on a narrow one lane, twisty road that lead us up over a mountain pass, called Bear Peak. It felt like we were really out there in the wild (minus the car)! I was a bit nervous about the steep drop offs, tight turns, and absence of road signs, but we made it through a-ok. At the top there was even snow on the road! We got some great pictures at the peak:




After returning to civilization, we hopped on Rt. 62 and headed towards Crater Lake. We ended up spending the night at a nice inn in the town of Prospect. The coolest part about the inn was the small town people watching: many of the towns people were eating dinner at the inn. Their teenage kids kept running in and out to get permission to take part in the evening activities at the town school - donkey basketball. I just can't imagine what it would be like to live in a town with just one small school for k-12!