Mile 40 - North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach - July 29, 2013

Report Details

Another beautiful, exceedingly windy, yet warm day. Unable to cross Mussel Creek. Swollen, running south to north, with no visible outlet..Seasonal sand drifts covering boulder areas, so crossing easy.Always discoveries.

Human Activities

Number of people: 14. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 10. Photography: 4. group of 4 hiking down to look at sea caves; otherwise just observing from bluff and parking lot

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: toilet tissue strewn in bushes and on trail down from Frankport site entry.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Notable Wildlife

nothing "notable" per se, but always special to see the typical, "resident" birds.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). clear of marine and land-based debris!

New Development

Steps down bluff.

Natural Changes

Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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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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