DESTINATION AMERICA

Sterling visits the Mt. Thielsen section of the PCT; he volunteers to be the lost and helpless hiker while members of Oregon's Region 3 Search and Rescue fan out to bring him in safe and sound as part of their annual training.

On Location

Trail Blazers

Sterling gets suited-up to test his balance and endurance doing cold water surfing; Lincoln City Summer Kite Festival; kiteboarding; Oregon coast sand dunes; high-energy SxS four wheeling with a Hollywood vehicle stuntman as his tour guide.

Along the Coast

Building an aluminum trawler and commercial fishing for halibut off the Pacific Coast.

Fish On Part 2

Drift fishing on the Umpqua for bass, and on the Wild & Scenic Rogue for salmon; a visit to a hatchery.

Fish On Part 1

Head out towards La Pine, Oregon and the Rim Butte Jeep Trail for some trail maintenance and rock crawling; the Gambler 500 Navigation Adventure Rally barnstorms from Lebanon to Chemult's Gamblertown.

Off the Beaten Path

Journey to the eroded lava flows of the Oregon outback to mine for Oregon Sunstone; Elkton with their butterfly sanctuary and Fort Umpqua living history exhibit; a lava tube mapping expedition.

Down & Dirty

Experienced outdoorsman Sterling Fiock and his faithful Scottish terrier sidekick, Dogmatix, check out all the great reasons to get off the couch.

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