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Mile 211 is relatively unspoiled, at least south of Thiele Creek.  The mud and standing pools of water have disappeared for the moment, and the level of the beach has dropped several feet, uncovering rocky substratum that is covered in sand in summer.  The beach is beautiful, broad when the tide is out, and has relatively few people walking it.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 5.6 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 15. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 14. Beautiful, isolated beach, and I noted no problems with human activities.

Concerns

Apparent violations: Inn the approximately 200 yards immediately north of Thiele Creek, there were 4 drainpipes from the hillside to the beach, and one end of a drainpipe protruding between boulders that were part of rip rap. I have reported on the rip rap in earlier reports and on some of the drainpipes, but attach new photos and GPS locations to this report. I don't know if the drainpipes are violations..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 7.

Notable Wildlife

2 bald eagles in flight observed walking north on beach, and one large bird that may have been a turkey vulture. Walking south back to parking lot, observed two bald eagles perched in a dead tree at top of cliff; may have been the same two I saw in flight earlier, but I don't know that.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Some white/translucent by-the-wind sailors.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Found two partial foam fish floats, and two hooks attached to small section of line.

New Development

Drainage pipes. As noted above, there are now four drainage pipes, some but not all of which I have reported on in the past, and the end of one drainage pipe protruding from rip rap.

Natural Changes

Sand has lowered by several feet, revealing underlying rocks.

Actions & Comments

I have not made any attempts to determine which houses originate the drainage pipes, and have not discussed with any residents.  I picked up and carried back to the garbage area at the beach access:  all styrofoam bits I found, except fish floats; jagged piece of brown glass; one plastic bottle; one plastic coffee cup (filled with sand); fish hooks and section of line; one paper fast food wrapper; one clear plastic bag.

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Mile 211

June 1, 2022

Erosion in the face of the embankment continues, including new large boulder falls.

Chad101

Mile 211

September 21, 2021

Relatively large number of people (for mile 211) were enjoying the beach on a sunny, inviting day.

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Mile 211

June 21, 2021

Fairly big crowd for mile 211 on a foggy June 21, most of the people as usual near the beach access at Lost Creek Wayside.

Chad101

Mile 211

March 13, 2021

My last previous report was at the end of 2019, but the changes over the last year are typical of Mile 211, including rockslides or boulder falls, rockfields covering parts of the beach, and a new drainage pipe.

Chad101

Mile 211

June 11, 2020

More than 10 previously unobserved drainage pipes in places with already existing pipes.

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decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 211

January 9, 2020

I tried to pick up and carry back to trash collection area all plastic pieces I found larger than 1 square inch, but for every piece I picked up there were at least 100 smaller pieces, a great increase over the amount of plastic just a few years ago.

Chad101

Mile 211

September 19, 2019

The contour of the beach has changed again so that there are numerous patches of standing water at the base of the embankment.

Chad101

Mile 211

June 12, 2019

Most of the people were within 100 yards of the Lost Creek beach access.

Chad101