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Postponed: Amanda Trail

  • Start date: 05/21/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/21/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

With construction completed on the new suspension bridge, the historic and beautiful Amanda Trail will be rededicated on May 21 at 1 PM. We will hike from Yachats past the Amanda statue to the Cape Perpetua Lookout for lunch, and then back down to the Amanda Gathering Area in time for the ceremony, which will include speakers from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz and the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw, as well as Oregon Parks and Rec. The dedication will conclude around 2:30.

After the dedication concludes, options include a walk in the Ya'Xaik Trail and Gerdemann Garden, to see if the giant Himalayan rhododendrons are blooming, or a walk to the beach in Smelt Sands Park, with surf spouting through cracks in the crumbling lava.

From 5:30 - 6:45 there will be a reception at the Yachats Commons, followed at 7:00 by a performance of the play "Amanda Transcending" by local author Connie Bennett.

I have ten tickets to the dedication, the reception and the play. (Tickets are required but free.) We're posting this early because you may want to overnight on the coast after the play, and lodgings are likely to be full for this weekend.

  • Event Leader: Rolfe Jorry

  • Assistant Leader: Gould Whitney

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Coastal

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 172

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 7

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 1032

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Instead of hiking the length of the Amanda Trail, we hiked the 804 Trail and visited the Gerdemann Botanical Reserve and the Ya'Xaik Trail. Then we made our way to the statue of Amanda and the new bridge over the Amanda Creek. There, we attended the early afternoon event at that site entitled Bridging Cultures, Healing Hearts: the Amanda Trail Bridge Dedication. This is the third bridge; it will last a much longer time since it is a strong steel suspension bridge. The ceremony was conducted by the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Sponsors and supporters attended—sitting on the new benches installed between Amanda and the bridge—and several VIP from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Siuslaw Nationtal Forest, Yachats, Lincoln County and View the Future (local non-profit) spoke from the bridge. The ceremony may soon be viewed on YouTube.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 10
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N 1
2 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N 1
3 Signed-Up Cooney, Marguerite 541-600-0217 N 1
4 Signed-Up Hanson, Vicky 541-683-7107- cell 541-954-5269 N 1
5 Signed-Up Rice, Cindy 541-513-0131 N 1
6 Signed-Up Christiansen, Lynda 541-912-9952 N 1
7 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N 1
8 Signed-Up Iredale, Gwyneth 541-505-0055 N 1
9 Signed-Up Cuevas, Lorraine 509-904-5222 N 1
10 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N 1
11 Signed-Up Masin, Rachelle 541-547-4742 N 1
12 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N 1
13 Signed-Up Gould, Whitney 510-368-8941 N 1
14 Signed-Up Eubanks, Charla 541-505-0256 N 1
15 Signed-Up Kali, Sariantra 541-221-3282 N 5
16 Signed-Up Flashenberg, Paul 541-915-9482 N 5
17 Signed-Up Flashenberg, Paul 541-915-9482 N 5
18 Signed-Up Stewart Smith, Meg 541-913-5464 N 1
19 Signed-Up Koch, Victoria 541-915-5448 N 5
20 Signed-Up Fern, Jacquie 541-505-1724 N 1
21 Signed-Up Messinger, Debra 541-914-4696 N 1
22 Signed-Up Baker, Steven 541-510-7613 N 5
23 Signed-Up Pfautz, Annette 541-525-1069 N 1