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Gorgeous day. Very little going on. Saw sanderlings on next mile, but all I saw on Mile 157 was one soaring bald eagle and a few gulls. Not much in the drift line; no evidence of any big recent blows out of southwest (didn't see any debris I'd identify as Asian in origin). Really not much going on. But a beautiful day.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 8.4 feet.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

One bald eagle soaring over Dunes Overlook; otherwise nothing of note.

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Wood pieces. Not a lot of debris of any kind.

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Sand volume is very high for this time of year (no sign of buried fishing boat). Probably because we haven't had many big storms, and the big ones didn't come during very high tides.

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Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

August 21, 2023

It was another beautiful day on Mile 157, which we entered from the upper part of the Oregon Dunes Loop Trail.

GasiorowskiM

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

July 30, 2022

Mile 157 is a beautiful, little-visited stretch of coastline.

GasiorowskiM

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

January 1, 2014

Beautiful New Years Day at the beach, while it was cold and foggy in the valley.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

March 5, 2013

A rainy day; we had the beach to ourselves.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

November 25, 2012

Gorgeous day at the beach (crappy and cloudy and cold in Eugene).

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

June 20, 2012

There is a lot of buzz about whether the stuff on the beaches these days is from the tsunami.

bzenderson

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

April 15, 2012

Fair amount of ocean-borne debris, but unlike my last walk here about a month earlier, when the debris was d0ominated by Japanese plastic bottles (tsunami debris?

bzenderson

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 157

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake

January 28, 2012

Stunning winter day; we were totally overdressed, kept shedding clothes to the brink of immodesty.

bzenderson