{"id":4170,"date":"2021-12-13T14:38:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=4170"},"modified":"2022-04-12T16:21:54","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:21:54","slug":"gwynn-creek-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2021\/12\/13\/gwynn-creek-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwynn Creek Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>November 28, 2021<\/p>\n<p>While staying in Yachats this weekend we did this loop hike in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We parked at the Cape Perpetua Visitor&#8217;s Center and set off up the Cook&#8217;s Ridge Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51737691421_8a491145e6_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Perpetua\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw this beautiful fly agaric mushroom:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51743610042_09c4d44ec0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Fly agaric mushroom\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is so wet here that even in November it&#8217;s pretty green:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744446056_4b4c7cf681_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More mushrooms:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51743620977_d273e775d1_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mushrooms\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744689633_72a4cf25d8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mushrooms\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744689018_72772b66ca_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mushrooms\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745107584_ce854287c2_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mushrooms\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continuing on through the lush forest:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745351005_2a5e680d11_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are some pretty big trees here:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744730488_e11fdd02db_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an enormous stump from a long-gone tree:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745350330_30cd5661dd_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw very few people as we headed up the ridge:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744461911_513f4850c9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745348125_dc2dbc79b4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744459121_eefe252066_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached the junction with the Gwynn Creek Trail, where we took a break:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51743676912_4c9f37676e_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cook's Ridge Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we headed down the Gwynn Creek Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744490136_74d2948d75_c.jpg\" alt=\"Gwynn Creek Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745389920_abbe5d3334_c.jpg\" alt=\"Gwynn Creek Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51743689237_ffd520f6c8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Gwynn Creek Trail\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We reached the junction with the Oregon Coast Trail:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745398405_ab60e31b35_c.jpg\" alt=\"Gwynn Creek Trail\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a footbridge over Gwynn Creek here. Despite hiking along it the past few miles we hadn&#8217;t actually gotten a good look until now:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745146564_771b574874_c.jpg\" alt=\"Gwynn Creek Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We followed the Oregon Coast Trail north back towards the trailhead:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745145884_ded59a333c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Coast Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This section of trail follows what was once a wagon road between Florence and Yachats. Obviously it hasn&#8217;t been used for that purpose in a century and the trees have grown up significantly:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51745143299_d15d9d7cd5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Coast Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744743808_e38d5725fb_c.jpg\" alt=\"Oregon Coast Trail\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got glimpses of the ocean:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51744742728_75a15c5f2f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Perpetua\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mileage was about 7.5 miles, although my Gaia app had a hiccup and didn&#8217;t do an accurate recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 28, 2021 While staying in Yachats this weekend we did this loop hike in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[159,193,230],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4184,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4170\/revisions\/4184"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}