This past Monday, Adam, Rylee Dog and I headed up into the Tillamook State Forest to go for a nice trail run. We decided on doing an OAB on Gales Creek Trail since it was one trail that neither Adam nor I had been on. Rylee, on the other hand, had been on the trail before with Maura so he led the way. The gate to the campground at Gales Creek was closed so we parked off Hwy 6 and ran down the gravel road to the trail head. We knew ahead of time that the trail was closed due to landslides the previous year, but we figured the trail would still be runnable for the most part, aside from the landslide. However, we quickly found out that there were now multiple landslide that had washed out the trail in a number of places. There were also multiple signs indicated “blasting zone,” which we assumed were for rebuilding the trail and clearing log jams on the river. We continued on despite the warning because it was a holiday and most government employees were probably not working anyway.
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Eventually we fell into the pattern of run a little while, climb up, over, around or through a washed out trail and creek then repeat. The run quickly turned into an “adventure” run with many scrambles and overgrown and washed out trails. I got a little taste of what I guess adventure racing is like, and I enjoyed it very much. The trail eventually became too overgrown and enthusiasm dwindled as we had been out over an hour with little more the 3 miles of trail covered. We opted to turn around and head back to the car and finish up the trip with the usual stop for burgers and beers at the Rock Creek Tavern. Didn't get the mileage that I wanted but I still had a great time.
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Bryan
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