Mile 156 Report
Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek
October 8, 2010
Due to the nice weather, I hiked the entire 4.
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Due to the nice weather, I hiked the entire 4.5- mile US Forest Service's Oregon Dunes Overlook Loop Trail #1334. From the parking lot, it's a short mile to the beach, then 1.1 miles down the beach to the southwest loop trailhead that loops back to the parking lot via a sand trail thru dunes, a tree island, and deflation plain.If you want to have a mile of Oregon beach entirely to yourself, do this hike on a weekday!Nothing out of the ordinary to report, except there's quite a pile of floats, crab pot rope, styrofoam, plastic bottles, etc at both beach trailheads that hikers have pulled off the beach and deposited back behind the first dune line.
Conditions
Temperature: 68 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 1. Walking or running: 1.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. One gull, one crow, the third was too far gone to ID.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Occasional bits and pieces of Moon jellies washed up.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells. Black plastic net floats with Asian markings were strewn along the beach ( about a dozen in all)
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Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek
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What a great March day on the Oregon Coast!
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