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The Lost Coast is a stretch of coastline south of Eureka too rugged for the construction of the PCH - it goes inland here. As a result, there's a remote stretch of wilderness beach that one can access only on foot.

As Liz put it, maybe it should stay lost.

We failed to get any hitchhiker shuttling action, so we resigned to hike in for a day and a half, then hike back out the way we came. If you like foggy walks through deep sand with bear cans, come here. If you don't, don't.

No really, there were some beautiful spots, especially when the sun came out on our last day. I don't regret making the trip, but folks it ain't all it's cracked up to be. We did see a couple of freshly shark-attached octopi, which were sweet.

Lessons learned:
- walking on sand sucks
- fog sucks
- you should always bring chips on the first day of a backpacking trip because you will definitely want them.
- instant potato pancakes are gross