Post PCT - Oregon Coast Trail day 2

[Gearhart to Arch Cape]

Way more varied but horribly foggy day. It started of with few miles of road walking and going through a big town called Seaside with all the usual food chain suspects and even a Safeway. I had a McDonalds breakfast and a discounted Ben&Jerry's ice cream (Jimmy Fallon themed this time) from Safeway, I think I start to get addicted to those, they are just so good! Also putting a generic 888-888-8888 phone number at the checkout is a must as it gives you (sometimes completely unexpected) savings, it knocked 2.5$ out of the Ben&Jerry's for me, woohoo!

After this hearty and nutritious breakfast I carried on walking by the beach until I reached first actual trailhead called Tillamook trail, it went through a forested area for about six miles and then it transitioned into another few miles long trail where quite a few movies has been shot, including: The Goonies, Twilight, Kindergarten Cop and Point Break. Next on the list was more beach walking, fog got really dense at this point but it didn't discourage people from enjoying the day as it still was fairly warm.

About 3pm I started to have issues with the high tide, it cut me off several times and I had to bushwhack my way around. I finally gave up and walked last few hours on the road which was quite miserable but heaps of ripe blackberries made it a little bit more bearable. At 6:30pm I started to look around for a campsite but everything was either private land or rather unattractive (and illegal to camp on) beach, I ended up asking few people if they knew about a suitable place to camp and indeed they did. They said that after about a mile the trail wandered away from the coast, went through a forrest and there was are a couple of good places to camp there.

I followed their advice and I managed to find the place, it was exactly as described, it made me happy to camp somewhere where I could feel like I'm on a trail again. 

There are some dogs barking in the area but hopefully they won't be doing it all night long. Weather is supposed to be even more miserable tomorrow but it should clear out by the midday and the sun shall reign again. Good day, I really enjoyed the variance it provided, I'd probably prefer less road walking though.

Chester Copperpot!
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