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Cape Perpetua and Amanda's trails
Cape Perpetua to Yachats — A Trail I Never Get Tired Of
There are places you can visit a hundred times and still feel that pull — that quiet little voice saying take one more photo, stay one more minute. Cape Perpetua is one of those places for me.
I hiked up the Cape Perpetua trail again, climbing through the deep green fores...

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The God's Thumb hike
God’s Thumb: A Coastal Dream Finally Hiked
For years, God’s Thumb had been sitting quietly on my Oregon bucket list — a dramatic basalt formation rising above the Pacific, one of the most iconic viewpoints on the entire coast. Every time I saw photos of that sharp green ridge and the ocean stretching endlessly behind it, I felt the same pul...

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Tahkenitch Creek hike
Hiking Tahkenitch Creek to the Beach — And Catching Its Beauty From Above
There’s something special about the Tahkenitch Creek Trail on the central Oregon coast. It’s one of those hikes that doesn’t try to impress you with a single dramatic moment — instead, it slowly reveals layer after layer of the Oregon Dunes’ personality. Forest, dunes, w...

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First Hands‑Free Drive in My 2026 Subaru Touring XT
After six months of waiting for Subaru to finish the hands‑free driving software for my 2026 Touring XT, I finally got the dealer update installed—and today I took it for its first real test on Oregon’s I‑5.
It was worth every bit of the wait.
The system handled lane‑keeping with smooth precision, and the active lane‑changing felt confident and natural. Watching the ca...

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Heceta Head to Hobbit Beach: A Perfect Oregon Day
Yesterday we took our friends from Illinois out to the Oregon Coast for a hike from Heceta Head Lighthouse down to Hobbit Beach. They used to live in Oregon years ago and miss it a lot, so this trip was their chance to reconnect with the forests, cliffs, and ocean they don’t get back home. I reminded them — jokingly — that Illinois mostly offers cornfields, so they’d better soak...

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