Normally when we head down to Tidewater to visit Pam's dad and her Uncle Buster we end up driving 10 miles down to Waldport to get in a walk by the ocean. Saturday Pam decided we should give Athena a little off lead time and check for a road to let her go along the highway since there are a bunch of closed gates for forest access roads.
So off we go up the hill and 1/2 mile from the house we spotted a closed gate. It came up so fast that we drove by and had to turn around and come back to it.
It ended up having signage that said it was open to recreational users and closed to anything motorized which is a bonus. We likely would have headed up even if it had no sign anyway.
It turned out to be about 2 miles each way with about 1000 feet of elevation gain which is a nice little morning walk - not hard, but useful anyway.
We raved about it to Pam's dad and he decided to join us Sunday. Not too far in Athena spied a group of elk and set to chasing them uphill. She can make about 25 MPH but the elk were faster so she relented.
Along this trail there are 2 places where you can hear the wolves that someone raises in the area. I'm sure they were letting us know to keep our distance.
The trail must not have scared Pam's dad off as he elected to head up with us again today. Athena was conserving her energy for a potential chase, but it never presented itself.
Now we have a nice go to walk for the next time we are down this way.
Be very well and more soon....
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