Oregon Coast Trail- Otter Crest to Cummins Cr.: Days 4 and 5

Wrapping it up for this particular trip. If you wanted 4-day-or-so section that had great scenery, relatively easy camping logistics, and a minimum of road walking, I can recommend this bit. I chose to stop at Cummins Cr. because there's a long section southbound from there where the "trail" is routed on 101, in sections where there is no safe place to walk. For this main reason- a route that isn't really viable to be done safely- I cannot recommend the OCT as a thru hike. It's a pieced-together mish-mash of poorly maintained trails, beach walks, and road walking, artistically given the name of a "trail". Much improvement and easement acquisition needs to be done to remedy this, and I honestly don't think it's ever going to happen. But I do know that, in the coming years, I will be returning to do various parts of it. Nothing really compares with the Oregon Coast. Music: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26 Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Performance: Musopen Symphony Orchestra Source: Wikimedia Commons / Musopen License: Public Domain (United States) Recording: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... The composition and recording are identified as public domain in the United States.