Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
May 20, 2022
Clean beach except for an oil barrel and some sea lion bones.
Report Details
Clean beach except for an oil barrel and some sea lion bones. The sea lion bones explain the presence of several vultures and an occasional eagle the past few weeks. Contacted State Parks Ranger Ryan Parker for removal of barrel.
Conditions
Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 32. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 18. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 2.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 28.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. oil barrel, sea lion bones
Actions & Comments
Contacted State Park Ranger Ryan Parker to pick up barrel.
oil barrel ready for State Parks pickup
sea lion bones
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TerryH
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Beautiful warm day - not crowded.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Lots of human activity and evidence of campfires and "building" with driftwood.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Was a dreary day, but active with the low tide.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.
LisaBC
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Just wanted to say there have been a lot of brown pelicans this season, more than I've ever seen, and I'm wondering if they will stay for the winter?
TerryH
