Part 2: Lost Coast

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The Impassable Section

Hiking along Black Sands	Flower	Coast from Buck Creek
On the Buck Creek Cliff	Silhouette on the sea
Brett with camera	Brett looking out to sea	Maddie and her wool cap
Maddie on the cliff	Maddie and Brett cooking	Maddie silhouette

Tobias Kline

Toby #1	Toby #2	Toby #3
Toby #4	Toby #5	Toby #6
Toby, Brett, and Maddie

Friday

I woke up around 7:00-8:00 in the morning. Both Brett and Maddie were still asleep when I exited the tent with my photographic gear.

King Peak

Tree

We headed off for King Peak at 11:00 am. The weather was gorgeous, and there wasn't a hint of rain in the sky above. Before I left, I checked the weather for Whitethorn (95589) and Weather.com said that it would rain Thursday, which it did, as well as Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The first weather report that I read only had rain coming in on Thursday. It appeared from Friday and Saturday that the initial weather report was the most accurate.

Treeline on the way to King Peak

Going up the tallest mountain on the Lost Coast makes for some wonderful Kodak moments.

Shotgun shell

We came across a shotgun shell along the way. What on earth would someone be doing with a shotgun on the Lost Coast? This is after all, the Lost Coast, not the Lost World!

Lost Coast Landscape

17 backpacks, but where were the backpackers?

Backpacks, but backpackers?

Maddie and her bagel

No motor vehicles!

We were coming up to the trailhead to Saddle Mountain when we heard a female voice shot out. But, when we arrived at the trailhead, there was no one there, but there were 17 fully loaded backpacks lying on the ground. Where had the backpackers gone?

John and his pack of dogs

John with his dogs

John mentioned that he worked for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). I asked him if it was hunting season, as I informed him that I found a shotgun shell along the trail. John told us that it was indeed hunting season, squirrel hunting season. They must have all been shot, since I didn't see a single four-legged wild creature the entire trip!

Sunset Peaks

Brett in the moss tree	Adam in the moss tree	Sunset
Maddie and Brett at sunset	Sunset hills
Hooded Maddie	Hooded Adam	Bounce flash!

Sunset landscape

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