Cape Lookout

Gorgeous day here on the Emerald Coast. Kids and I went for a hike halfway up Cape Lookout. We would have gone to the top, but there were no bathrooms.

The--"Make yourself large and wave your arms screaming if confronted by a bear"--signs posted everywhere were prohibitive of a woodsy release of excess body fluids for us girls, so we opted to go back to the comfort of the bearless sanitary station near the beach.

As if I need a sign to wave my arms and scream when I see a bear.

I know where Ents live, and it is here on the Oregon Coast. The Sitka Spruce have wonderful absurdly shaped limbs with many different species of moss hanging long from them. When the wind blows they sway and you can hear them talking.

OK...I can hear them talking, you might just hear the wind in the trees.
The trail winds up the forest covered volcanic cliffs about 2 miles and you can always sit and just take in the ocean view.

We are going back tomorrow with PBJ's and hot coffee...and pepper spray.