Guess who went exploring! That's right, me and Alex did. We decided to check out a head out Sambro way. It was spectacular!! Well, we only discovered that come morning, since we arrived after dark. According to aerial imagery, it looked like there were two potential routes to the coast, so we drove down both, but the terrain at the end of the first looked best, so we chose that route. We bushwacked for a bit, though there was a bit of a game trail, so it was easier going, then ended up at the coast. The coast there is a great outcrop of the SMB (South Mountain Batholith), which is bouldery in some areas, and then others it's just nice flat expanses. We scrambled around for a bit, and ended up at the open area we could see in the imagery. It was very shrubby, with junipers and other lovely and fragrant things. It smells amazing. I actually just spent a minute or two with my nose to the ground, enjoying the mix of juniper, pine, and organic soil. After I was done with that, we found a relatively flat place to set up the tent (this proved slightly difficult, as the ground is rather hummocky) but eventually we succeeded!
The Sambro lighthouse is just off the coast, and there are some whistle buoys to lull us to sleep. The next morning, we awoke to the sound of birds and waves and fog (which generally is not too noisy). As soon as we had a chance to look around in the daylight, we decided we're going to go back there. I think this might become one of our go-to spots, it's pretty wonderful!
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