Mile 338 Report
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
January 21, 2019
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.
Report Details
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
Randy and Beth
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