Hike Coordinator – Richard O’Neill
The day after this hike, cold, rain, snow, slush, wind, and sleet came to stay for an extended visit that really curtailed hiking festivities for the time being. But on this Saturday at Bullards Beach, who really cared about all that? The weather was fantastically sunny, albeit a bit on the chilly side.
This was an 8’ish mile beach walk from the Coquille River Lighthouse at Bullards Beach to Seven Devils picnic area. Joined by our Coos Bay hiking friends we were nearly 20 hikers strong and it didn’t take long for the group to sort itself out into power-hikers and beachcombers.
There was plenty of rocks and shells to provide for some quality beachcombing and soon our packs were weighted down with collections of fossilized clams, polished glass, and petrified wood.
Besides the general beach ambience of the hike, we marked the miles with 4 landmarks: Cut Creek, Whiskey Run Creek, Fivemile Point, and Twomile Creek. Fivemile Point was the coolest, what with a very low tide exposing all manner of rocky tidepools.
All in all, quite an enjoyable hike on the beach on the last sunny day for a long, long, time.
Pictures by Richard O’Neill
