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Post PCT - Oregon Coast Trail day 4

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[Netarts to Three Rocks] Today followed a natural pattern of 'after an amazing day there comes an average one' it had a great ending though. First thing in the morning I hiked out along the coastal road from Netarts and followed it right up to the Cape Lookout where I went down to the beach and met my first OTC thru hikers, they were less than excited to see me, especially after I told them about my PCT adventure, we exchanged couple of useful informations (they've been using OCT guidebook to navigate, which I didn't know about) and I carried on walking along the beach. After a mile or two I reached Sand Lake Recreational Area where all the sand vehicle enthusiasts were having a field day, there were all kinds of off-road machines here, some of them looking like they got here straight from the new Mad Max movie set. I ended up getting lost between sand dunes trying to dodge the riders, it was quite a puzzle to get out of the area and walking in deep sand was making it e...