Friend of the Umpqua Hiking Club will venture south on Saturday to hike a section of the Rogue River Trail.
Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club will take on an 8-mile section of the North Umpqua Trail on Saturday.
Friends of the Umpqua hiking club will hike the Bandon beach on Saturday.
Only a day and a half drive from Douglas County is one of the most accessible, spectacular and pristine wilderness areas in the U.S. — the Bridger Wilderness in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Thousands of backpackers, fishermen and alpinists have already discovered this paradise for outdoor ent…
Our four horses were suspicious. Bullard’s Beach Horse Camp, just north of Bandon, is tucked behind the fore-dunes — so it has protection from the wind, but the distant thunder of the not so distant surf and the moan of a foghorn can be clearly heard.
One day into his summer vacation, Joshua Godfrey was woken up at 5 a.m. to get ready.
In celebration of our 34th Saint Patrick’s Day wedding anniversary, my husband, Kyle, and I dressed up. Sporting our unfashionable wool ski pants, we loaded Suzie Q (our Subaru) with antiquated cross-country skis and headed up Highway 138E towards Diamond Lake. We never made it to our destination.
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club is planning to hike the Hobbit Trail near Heceta Head Lighthouse on March 24. The 6-mile loop hike will begin at the historic lighthouse, 725 Summer St., Florence, and go over Heceta Head before reaching Carl Washburn State Park. The return route will be…
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club is planning to hike to Pine Bench in the Boulder Creek Drainage Area Feb. 24.
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club is planning to hike from Seven Devils Wayside to Bullards Beach Feb. 10. The end-to-end 8-mile beach walk north of Bandon includes two wades across a creek and a mild scramble around Fivemile Point.
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club is planning a 7.3-mile loop hike at Cape Blanco on Jan. 13.
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club is planning a 7.3-mile loop hike at Cape Blanco on Jan. 13.
As we looked for a hike somewhere between Salem and Roseburg, we quickly narrowed our choices to McDowell Creek County Park near Lebanon or Skinner’s Butte in Eugene.
The Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Club plans to hike an 8.2-mile strenuous loop through old-growth coastal forest Dec. 16 at Cape Mountain, north of Florence.
Rain was pouring down as I drove down the freeway, heading toward Devil’s Flat Campground.
Once a week, I get to hang out with my new buddy George.
