Mile 262 Report
Cape Kiwanda State Park
September 5, 2024
Lovely day on the beach with only two cars stuck in the sand, one of which was able to drive out unaided after a bit of effort.
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Lovely day on the beach with only two cars stuck in the sand, one of which was able to drive out unaided after a bit of effort. The other was pulled out by someone with a winch on their vehicle. Perfect temperature and wind-free. The major hole in the access road that had a car stuck last time I was here has been filled in with rock and gravel.
Conditions
Temperature: 73 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light.
Human Activities
Number of people: 15. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 10. Sitting: 5. Other Activities: helping dig a car out of the sand and/or offering suggestions. children playing, adults sitting and walking, some with dogs, everyone enjoying the sun and no wind. There was a high haze from the inland smoke that had blown over from the east but barely noticeable
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 10.
Notable Wildlife
About 40 gulls, some immature
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass. lots of jellyfish of various types tide was incoming and periodically covering the wrack so I did not examine the wrack line contents. Well, I did once and got hit by a sneaker wave!
A pool the ocean had made and left... temporarily...
Collapsing cliff and long level beach waiting for the tide to cover it
One of the colorful jellyfish. Others were clear, like moonjellies
view south toward Cape Kiwanda
looking north toward the access area
Another huge colorful jelly: lion's mane?
Access entrance
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Linda Fink
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