florence or
day 130
havent eaten a serious multipoint myself in over 3 months now
since caorus & oruswa way back in june you may recall
which btw upon further reflection i now think should be renamed
orcaus & waorus
in spite of the nonalphabeticity
for so nicely suggesting their local creaturehoods
but the multidimensional journey that began with the sawanabori of the
shenandoah way back in may continues here along the siuslaw & other coastal
valleys of oregon
with a medley of serendipitous tries
mountains
rivers
sand dunes
bags of weed
anything that catches my fancy
many unofficial outings from cape perpetua stronghold i should have reported
as far afield as roseburg actually
just emerging at all from the labyrinth of the national forest trails has
been a challenge more than once
yesterday i found the richly wellnamed sweet creek trail
featuring 11 waterfalls in a 1 mile stretch
but couldnt find my way out of the woods til almost noon today
the umpqua too
gorgeous most of the way
has been sawanaboried by me from its mouth near reedsport
as far as the fork of the north & south branches
which incidentally surprised me
for i expected the south fork to be the greater one
but found the north fork much the stronger
that one will have to be continued from that point tho
have also postponed a try for the source of the donner und blitzen
til the rainy season i think
& with it the extreme if ridiculous cardinal points ore & ors
to complete my news tour of oregon
seeing as my eponymous river is in southeastern oregon
maybe a humble tricounty point would be nice for a change tho
the entire tertiary level around here is virgin
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