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).