This hike was quite a challenge for me but I still had fun and got lots of great pictures along the way!
I went with the Obsidians which is a Eugene based hiking group. There was 9 people including myself on the hike.
We started at the Tahkenitch Dunes Trailhead and headed down the trail through the forest to the beach.
We exited the forest onto the dunes. The sand wasn't too bad as it had rained off and on throughout the day.
There was lots of interesting cloud formations that day. This picture was an experiment with a vertical panorama, turned out nicely.
We trudged through the dunes, following posts that had been sunk into the sand.
Lots of dramatic lighting made this cool picture possible.
A cloud front moving in from the ocean. (Click for massive picture)
We eventually made it to the beach where there were lots of seagulls doing their thing.
The sand had a really cool texture from the rain.
We hiked back from the beach up to an overlook onto Three Mile Lake
At this point we split into two groups, myself and 5 others heading into the forest trail that looped back to the trailhead
The forest here was an interesting mixture of tall pines and the typical sand loving bushes found all over the coast. Lots of moss and mushrooms growing all over the place.