Mile 224 - Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek - December 21, 2012

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Sun was out for awhile, then cloudy. Warmer then yesterday, very little wind. Inca & I had the beach to ourselves--an increasingly rare event. Very enjoyable.Noted increased truck traffic, truck traffic sounds were very noticeable for the southern portion of the mile. The highway runs quite close to the edge of the bluffs/beach along that part of the mile (from about Johnson Creek to Beverly Beach campground). There were several driftlines, at least 3 large pieces of styrofoam thrown up onto the base of the bluffs, etc. Much more debris on the beach & driftline than usual, no doubt because of the storm. A newish looking tire w/shiny wheel/wheel cover was on the beach. It was too far from the beach access for me to try to remove it, plus I would've had to either carry it up 90+ steps or wheel it up a steep & lengthy path (after first getting it up some muddy steps). Didn't see anything that could be clearly identified as "tsunami" debris. Just the usual trash (plastic bits, bottles, etc.) and trash thrown up by many of the winter storms. Noted that driftlogs were fairly well distributed on beach, not mostly clustered a bit north of the Alpine Chalet access as they've been for the past couple of years (iirc).

Conditions

Temperature: 42 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 1. Photography: 1. I was the person walking and photographing. Inca the outstanding Golden Retriever was the dog and she was with me (or I was with her). We had the beach to ourselves, and the few gulls I saw flying overhead.Inca retrieved and ran.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

none

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. Dead/partially decomposed seal. Probably a harbor seal but not able to id for sure.Not far/to the south of Johnson Creek.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces. very large number of spruce/pine needles, Many plastic bits, not pellets but pieces, tampon applicators, platstic bottles. etc/

Man-made Modifications

none

Natural Changes

just continued slow erosion of same areas.

Actions & Comments

Did not observe any new areas of erosion or slides. Very heavy flows of outfalls & Johnson Creek. Lots of heavy surf still (post storm/fronts moving through). 2.1 was the low tide but water still moving fairly far up the beach.

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