On June 25, 2021 we drove to the Neskowin Beach Recreation Site to witness a phenomenon that only occurs during super, low tides....the Ghost Forest! It was a -3 tide, and rising out of the sand and seawater were about a hundred decaying stumps. These petrified trees are the eerie remains of a towering Sitka spruce forest which had fallen into the tidal zone after a massive earthquake in the 1700's. The Ghost Forest was a merely a legend for some time until a brutal storm eroded the sand and exposed the natural wonder beneath in 1997. We plodded through the fog, well beyond Proposal Rock, and explored this ancient forest before turning back to go on a hike. Our hike was equally monumental because Landon hiked the entire two miles by himself for the very first time. He had found a hiking stick just his height at the trailhead and made up his mind to do it. I had the privledge of accompanying him and encouraging him and educating him, and it brought me so much JOY!
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