My first real hike after I reached the west coast last month was around Cape Ferrelo, part of the Samuel Boardman State Scenic Corridor in southern Oregon. It’s a small cape, so it was a rather short hike, but scenic was certainly the operative term.
There were sea stacks — those random rock formations jutting up out of the ocean — to the north, south, and west of Cape Ferrelo. I kept remembering that New Mexico was once part of an ocean too, and wondered if its earlier incarnation may have looked similar.
Both beaches — along with many others — have been preserved thanks to the passage of the Oregon Beach Bill in 1967. All the beaches in Oregon, from the water line to the vegetation line, have been designated as public land since that time. (Learn more by clicking here.)