Mile 222 Report
Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek
February 14, 2015
It was a beautiful, mild but windy, sunny day.
Report Details
It was a beautiful, mild but windy, sunny day. I counted the largest number of people and dogs that I have seen since adopting this mile. A Bald eagle was circling over the beach. The beach was very clean and bare; the only debris was high in the rocks and driftwood. Minimal wrack: mostly just small stones and shell pieces. Several mostly minor rockslides have occurred since last visit in December, notably along where the drainage pipes are. I originally described the five sets of pipes (numbered from north to south) in the 2/19/13 report, and since there have been several changes since then I've photographed and described a revised "baseline." (See photos)
Conditions
Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 34. Number of dogs: 12. Walking or running: 25. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 3.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 8.
Notable Wildlife
1 Bald eagle
Wrackline Content
Shells, Small rocks.
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls.
Actions & Comments
Observed several relatively small rockslides; some have affected the drainpipes, knocking them down or burying them.
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