Mile 224 - Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek - June 17, 2010

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Lovely day on the beach. Only one noisy small plane flew overhead, I (& everyone else on the beach) was spared the intrusion & noise assault of a low flying helicopter overflight.Quite a few children/preteens seen, mostly towards the south end of my mile, just across the creek from the Beverly Beach campground access. It was on the north side of the creek (or along my mile) that I observed about 5 preteens boogie boarding/playing in the surf. All the exposed bluffs looked as though some additional slow erosion had occurred, but because of all the rain, it looked as though all the loosest particles had been washed down the several bluffs, etc., so most of the bluffs had a freshly washed look, or fresh cut look. Except for the two plastic bottles & the plastic bits in a thin driftline, a very clean beach.I observed that there seems to have been a shift (temporary?) in the deposition pattern of the drift logs--the area around the Alpine Chalet beach access had few to no driftlogs--there are usually quite a few there. There were smaller then usual (to my eye) piles/collections of drift logs near the bluff bases to the north & south of the Alpine Chalet access. But fewer than usual.Garnet sands still exposed to the south of the Alpine Chalet access, no ancient tree trunks exposed. Large pebble/cobbles at the south end of the mile, but many fewer & extended for a much shorter way into my mile, which suggests that more sand has been deposited on the beach since my last mile report & covered up some of the large pebbles/cobble-sized, poorly round to moderately well rounded, rock. Enjoyed my walk in the sun (haven't seen that much sun lately).

Human Activities

Number of people: 23. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 15. Surfing: 2. Other Activities: boogie boarding 05, 3 playing very modified "baseball". 1 dog leashed, one off lead & under control. Vehicles not allowed on this beach w/out permit.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 10. RVs/Buses parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

Some seaweed seen just off shore, tide had turned & was coming in after a minus tide of about -1.5 ft around 10:50am/11am.Saw no birds, maybe a few seagulls in the air, typical for this beach.

Driftline Content

Wood pieces. plastic bits, 2 plastic bottles, one w/asian writing on what was left of label. Carried both to car.

Natural Changes

always some erosion occurring, nothing major.

Actions & Comments

Nothing to do about the erosion I saw, it's erosion by wind & water.

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