Mile 246 Report
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
May 25, 2020
Arrived at mile 246 at 2:35 pm and ended the mile walk at 3:22 pm.
Report Details
Arrived at mile 246 at 2:35 pm and ended the mile walk at 3:22 pm. During that time we saw 11 people and 1 dog not including the two of us and the 1 dog we brought. Saw what appeared to be two new streams coming down the side of the cliffs on the eastern edge of the mile. One was fairly active, cutting a channel to the ocean. The other was very small and not very active. There was evidence along the east cliffs of rock fall with numerous pieces of broken rock on the sand. The north end of the cliff had a tide pool area and the water was too high to get around into the cove on the north end of god's thumb. The tree at the top of the north cliff is still clinging to the rocks above. There was more debris than usual on the mile, especially bagged dog poop and bits of plastic in the wrack line. The most surprising garbage was a retirement plan's worth of toilet paper. As we walked south across part of mile 245 to the parking area we picked up more garbage such as Starbuck's cups, a Mike's Hard Lemonade can and food wrappers.
Conditions
Temperature: 61 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 11. Not included in people or dog count was myself, a friend, and his dog
Concerns
Apparent violations: none.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). removed 2 bags of dog poop, two pieces of plywood, a few pieces of rope and as much small plastic pieces as we could from mile 246. Mile 245 also included two Starbucks cups, and various pieces of trash in addition to small pieces of plastics.
Man-made Modifications
noticed a couple more small streams than usual but not modified or disturbed
Natural Changes
Major cracks appearing in bluffs.
Mile 246 midway facing north
smaller of the two newer water drainage lines coming down the east cliffs
newer fissure toward north end of east cliffs
north cliff tide pool area south of the god's thumb cove
towards the northern end of the mile looking skyward at the east cliffs
clinging tree at the top of the north cliff that's just south of the god's thumb cove
dug out sand pit near the larger, more active drainage area on the east cliff
larger of the two newer looking drainage "water falls" on the east cliffs, with the dug out sand pit to the left of the drainage
midway up mile 246 facing NE, showing east cliffs
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