Friends of the Umpqua Hiking Group
A Roseburg, Oregon hiking club. Providing guided hikes to the Coast, the Cascades, and all points in between!
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had quite the group of merry travelers for our hike to South Slough. Over by Charleston, this is the first nationally recognized area set aside for the study of salt estuaries in the U. S. Three cars from Roseburg met up with 2 cars from the ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler Hiking in the rain is not our favorite thing, but it’s always invigorating to be outdoors on a dreary day. However, this was not the case though on our South Slough Estuary hike. The hiking gods were quite kind. We had a group of 9 folks from ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler With a nicer weather forecast for our hike day, we had a good turnout for our trek through the South Slough Estuary. Eleven F.O.U. members plus 3 from the South Coast Striders out of Coos Bay joined up at the information center. With no information on the ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler We had 8 participants on the hike at south slough. Weather was amazing for the 4-mile loop through the estuary. The wildlife was clearly absent for this hike, but the side trip to the beach was our reward. Truly a short sleeve weather day at the beach ………….click here to read more.
Hike coordinator: Rheo Wheeler Narration by Rheo Wheeler What does one do on Thanksgiving weekend? On Saturday, there were only 5 of us who decided hiking was the answer. Liz, Cleve and I met at the courthouse and met Shannon and Jan at South Slough. There was no sunshine, but just a drizzle here and ………….click here to read more.
Hike Coordinator – Edwin Case It was a smoky morning in Roseburg and destined to get even smokier as the week progressed. Eleven people turned out in spite of the smoke and heat and drove in a three car caravan to the South Slough Reserve close to Charleston over on the coast. Two of the group were ………….click here to read more.