Mile 237 Report
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
July 26, 2020
A beautiful day with people enjoying themselves.
Report Details
A beautiful day with people enjoying themselves. Warm enough for some people to go into the water, some people wearing bathing suits/bikinis. A Coast Guard helicopter seemd to be flying over the crab oats off shore, as opposed to the usual flight up and down the coast. Also noted a biplane flying by (rides from the airport near Gleneden Beach. For me, the most wonderous observation was a bald eagle (picture included) that circled me 3-4 times and a low altitude.
Conditions
Temperature: 59 F.
Human Activities
Number of people: 41. Number of dogs: 10. Walking or running: 26. Playing in surf: 3. Playing in sand: 5. Sitting: 4. Photography: 1. Other Activities: Two people were walking with their two horses.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
One dead fish. Candle fish?
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces.
Candle fish?
Biplane over a crab boat near Gleneden Beach
Playing on the beach with Coast Guard helicopter above.
Horses on the beach near Gleneden Beach
Sea life on the beach at low tide.
Agates collected on my walk
The Bald Eagle flew toward my, then circled my 3-4 times at a low altitude, then flew inland.
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Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Wonderful morning to do this mile! I returned at high tide (7.
237 watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful 'low-tide' walk of my mile today.
237watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most important factor for me personally with the changes I've observed in this section of my mile is how impactful the shoreline armoring has been on the beach to the south.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
The most heartbreaking part of my mile report today is that I couldn't even walk my entire mile due to shifting sand and the subsequent tide (even though I did this at low tide,) preventing a safe northward walk. I have been walking on this stretch of beach since the early seventies and never-- even five or ten years ago, would you not had adequate distance to walk the beach from the surf to the foredune. I provided on pic looking north on my mile from the top of a revetment that was installed a few years ago, that's the only way I could get a glimpse of it safely.
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
A beautiful day here at the Central Oregon Coast!
Barry Howarth
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
Beautiful day for the mile report walk.
237 Watcher
Mile 237
Gleneden Beach north, golf course
I learned that two shore structures (stairs built on top of rip-rap) were heavily damaged during a recent storm/tide condition earlier this month.
237 Watcher