
The North Coast Series
400 miles in 40 days
400 miles in 40 days
For an expedition of this type, a team must be small enough to stay nimble, flexible and easy to supply.
So for our last supper – in the embrace of civilization – we tucked into Thai food at a Crescent City restaurant on Monday evening.
Prince Island, just north of the Smith River, was a final refuge for the Tolowa as they sought to survive massacres inflicted by settlers eager to seize the land.
On our first day, we first touched shore in California in the sumptuous Smith River estuary, after a peaceful five-mile paddle down from Oregon’s Winchuck River on Tuesday.