Mile 23 Report
Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek
July 26, 2013
Wonderful day, more people than I've seen before.
Report Details
Wonderful day, more people than I've seen before. Summer smoothing of sand, burying of driftwood. One dead murrelet.For videos of mile 23 click the following links: Low Tide VideoandKing High Tide Video
Human Activities
Number of people: 40. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 28. Playing in surf: 1. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 5. Photography: 2. happy people avoiding 90's -100 degrees in inland valleys. Mostly families. One RV on 101 pullout had messy surroundings..I'm guessing they had a clutch of kids.
Concerns
Apparent violations: none.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 10. RVs/Buses parking: 4.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. entangled in seaweed.murrelet
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
individual mussels scattered on beach, a few football-sized clumps of them. fresh.
Driftline Content
Wood pieces. very little of anything
Man-made Modifications
no modifications
Natural Changes
none
Report Images
Bob Harvey
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Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek
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Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek
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Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek
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Mile 23
Pistol River SP north, south of Myers Creek
Parked here to walk Mile 22.
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