Dec 15, 2025 Cape Kidnappers Part 1
We got up before sunrise, had breakfast and headed out for a 20 minute drive to the trailhead before dawn. We had to start our hike no sooner than 3 hours after high tide which was at 2:30am. And we had to return from the 5 hour round trip hike before the next high tide at 2:30pm!
We’ve been warned!
The sun rose over the cliffs of the cape, but we were walking towards it, so we kept ahead of the sunrise and walked the 5 miles to the end of the trail in the shade!
The sun highlighted the tip of the cliff with a golden cap over the many layers of sandstone, conglomerate, mudstone, river gravel, pumice and silt, and very prone to erosion!