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A MLK Day hike on our beach mile--a very mild day with a beach that had been swept clean by a very high set of tides. We saw more sandpipers than usual and only a few gulls. On the return walk we walked close to the bluff. Areas that had collections of seaweed and small driftwood, also had small pieces of plastic of various colors. We noticed six boats (crabbers?) off shore in the distance.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 1.1 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 3. Sitting: 1.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 5.

Notable Wildlife

multitudes of sandpipers, several gulls

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces. small plastic pieces of various colors--pink, blue, white among the driftwood/kelp

Natural Changes

Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Visible retreat of solid bluff. King tides have been creeping up on the bluff and eating away at bottom causing some cracking of sand above

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

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A warm second day of fall on mile 338 with a slight mist from low hanging fog.

Beth Kandoll

Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

July 20, 2024

The wind would at times moves fog across parts of the beach from a cloud bank offshore.

Beth Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

March 31, 2024

Many folks enjoying a sunny Easter Sunday with mild wind and warm temperatures.

Beth Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

January 1, 2024

A very clean mile on this sunny first day of the year 2024.

Beth E Kandoll

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

October 1, 2023

A beautiful clear blue sky and a mild windy day.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

March 29, 2023

Probably the cleanest our mile has ever seemed with virtually no human debris to pick up on our walk back south.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

January 1, 2023

A very quiet day on our beach mile with beach clean of debris/driftwood.

Randy and Beth

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Mile 338

Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP

September 24, 2022

More people than we have experienced on mile 338 on this sunny autumn day with a bank of cirrhus clouds on the horizon.

Randy and Beth