Well after pulling along side the road to rest at a large dirt patch the night before, we were excited to see the epically beautiful Oregon coast and hit up a hike while we were at it. We had pulled over near Coos Bay and it was cold. Seemed at least freezing outside due to all the frozen puddles around the vehicle. A river was just behind where we parked and it also had not a few frozen spots. However we were warmly tucked into the back of our highlander beneath about 10 quilts.
We packed up and were quickly on the road again.We stopped just beyond Port Orford at a famous landmark known as battle rock. A entrepreneur, Captain William Tichenor wanted to find an easy route to the gold of the Klamath mines. He left 9 of his men on the beach around the rock and promised to be back in 2 weeks with more men and supplies. He left the men a few weapons just in case anything went awry. Sure enough some natives in the area felt that these settlers had landed on their beach and brought 100 warriors to surround them. The men backed themselves onto battle rock and engaged in a series of conflicts that caused more trouble for the natives than themselves. After the first conflict the natives gave them the 2 weeks till Tichenor came back before they would attack again. Meanwhile, Tichenor was stalled in San Francisco getting engine repairs, he was a day late. The natives massed with 300 men on the fifteenth day and the settlers hightailed it up north for safety during the night. Sometime later, Tichenor came back with a new crew and they head off to Humbug Mountain where they slashed their way up to the top. When they reached the top of this steep hill, the men Tichenor had recruited realized that they were severely misdirected and named the mountain, Tichenor's Humbug.
Funny story and it makes a great hike. It was a 5.5 mile loop and very steep at that. Arrow handled it like a champ. Albeit being carried in a moby wrap gave him something of an advantage over us, but I'm sure he would manhandle that hill if he could walk.
We were in a rush to register our trailer at the DMV in Crescent City so we were high tailing it off the hike as fast as we could to get there before they closed. Sadly we were too late, but we did get to eat some hamburgers at a local dive called The Beach House. After making some loops through Crescent City we found the most unusual and inconspicuous spot to pull over for the night right in the center of the city. I'm pretty sure God gave us that spot to park. It seems on this trip that the Lord has been hiding us quite well so far.
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