On our trip to the coast, my brother and I kept running into abandoned trains and railways that I wanted to pull out and show separately. The most exciting place we came across was a long abandoned rail bridge over Coos Bay. Though the tracks looked pretty good, a quick look around at the overall structure of the bridge and it was clear that this bridge was retired. The iron beams could only handle so much salt and moister in the air from the ocean before it started rusting away back to its raw form. I love exploring these "ancient" relics of mankind, though most of our ruins are less than 100 years old.

Photography Date: 9-2-17
Writing Date: 8-21-18

My brother and I had made plans to hike the South Sister a few months back, but we ended up canceling the hike due to the smoke and proximity of the forest fires. Instead, we made our way west to the coast through Siuslaw National Forest and crossed the Coastal range through the endless logging roads that wove through it. My brother is studying forestry so every time I wanted to stop to take pictures, he gladly jumped out and told me the story of the forest around us.

Once we made it to the coast, we realized it was labor day weekend and discovered quite quickly how many people enjoyed taking their ATVs to the ocean. As we explored the beach, my brother found a displaced crab caught in the surf that we helped to its liking or not makes its way back to the water, all I discovered was a few seashells. After lunch, we headed further south and noticed. It was low tide in a nearby bay. We decided to get out for a bit of hiking, finding many stumps of long ago old growth, driftwood, remnants of a pier, and many curious things washed ashore.

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