Mile 40 - North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach - August 7, 2014

Report Details

This usually pristine, wild mile was wrought with human activity this day. Rogue sheep not seen except for the remains of one, replaced by horses bearing riders; a new trail for access across rocky area, and OHV track.Beach bummer!

Conditions

Temperature: 72 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 2.6 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 21. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 11. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 3. Other Activities: 5 on horseback. Commercial operation, Sweet Horse Rides, stationed at former Arizona Beach Motel site, conducting horseback rides. Horse pucky litters beach.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 8. RVs/Buses parking: 3.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Small rocks. HORSE POOP!

Actions & Comments

Human-made trail extending approx. 200' (for horses) along rocky part of beach - see photo and description

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

January 12, 2017

This is not a full report -- a placeholder for our 4th qrtr 2016 observations.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

September 9, 2016

Beautiful day on beautiful beach.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

April 2, 2016

Mussel Ck.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

December 19, 2015

The mile could not be accessed from Arizona Beach -- Mussel Creek was impassable; the southern access from Frankport site was flooded, we parked in the area south of that.

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