Mile 245 - Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek - May 25, 2008

Report Details

Continued/ongoing erosion of the bluff near the north end of this mile. I'm keeping a six monh photo journal of this headland.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 35. Walking or running: 20. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 4. Photography: 1. Other Activities: 4 (Flying kites). Recent washing ashore of apparent load of rough-hewn poor quality odd-size pine (?)lumber. Tire tracks were assumed to be for picking up a quantity of this material.

Concerns

Driftwood removal, Fire

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 19. Cars/trucks on beach, prohibited: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Many mussels, a hundred or more, plus several large crab exoskeletons.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. Pigeon guillemot

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff.

lvoelker

CoastWatcher

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Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

March 26, 2024

Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.

Lisa Bizon-Carroll

Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

January 23, 2024

After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.

Lisa Bizon-Carroll

Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

November 18, 2023

The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.

LisaBC