The Ocean Lookout was a much needed a break from the hike in. Thank goodness we had scones from Rock City Coffee House (key lime was very yummy and my half eaten chocolate topped, almond danish was the bomb). I would say we hiked about 4 plus miles, round trip loop and the most difficult was the first half of the hike to the Lookout. I jokingly said that when we hike out, all the running water on the trails will be gone as these were "temporary streams" from hurricane Earl. And that was pretty much true. Most of the trails had very little running water and when we hit the last trail to the parking lot, all the water in the trail was gone. Crazy.
Ocean Lookout, Camden Harbor.
Still had some flowing, running water from Hurricane Earl. This rooted trail had flowing water but it pretty much all flowed down the mountain. The source of the water was gone (stopped raining around 10 a.m.) so hiking out seemed like totally different trails from when we hiked in 2+ hours ago.
LOVED my new hiking boots. Tevas from Sierra Trading Post. They sure came in handy with this hike that lasted a lot longer than Karen expected. Plus, the trails were difficult with all the running water. These boots kept my feet dry, too.
