Mile 332 Report
Columbia Beach, Camp Clatsop MR
November 16, 2018
It's illegal for anyone to own Pacific Ocean beach in Oregon, but it sure felt like our own private beach today.
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It's illegal for anyone to own Pacific Ocean beach in Oregon, but it sure felt like our own private beach today. Aside from 3 pickup trucks driving by we were the only people there. The fog, very weak sun, & mists combined to make the wet sand, surf, & sky all the same color at times.We tried to walk this mile yesterday but the beach was closed due to live fire training at Camp Rilea. I poked around online & found the Camp's website:https://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OTC/CampRilea/Pages/home.aspxwhich shows live fire status toward the bottom. Though the website said yesterday & tomorrow only, the signs at the end of the road said that the beach was closed today too. It wasn't.
Conditions
Temperature: 54 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Tide Level: 3.2 feet.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.
Notable Wildlife
Whole & broken Sand Dollars, Dungeness Crab parts, Horse & Razor Clam shells, about 40 Sanderlings & 40 Western Gulls.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. We again didn't bring a microscope but microplastics were doubtless present.
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Merce and Michael
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