Scale Model of the Elwha Dam from the Port Angeles Marine Science Center

Garbage Collected on Strait of Juan de Fuca 10/29/10

This batch is from a popular sea kayak paddle we did along the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Freshwater Bay to Salt Creek Rec Area. Vertical cliffs, sea caves, aches, and abundent sea life are part of the trip. Wind and swell can make it an advanced skills paddle, but fun if you know what you're doing. In a few pocket beaches I found large chunks of foam and the normal plastic bottles and other items that had floated in. The kelp beds were saturated in tiny pieces of foam, plastic, and nylon rope, pretty sad, as removing those items would be impossible. I carried these larger pieces back in my kayak, a great way to haul trash out. There were some very large plastic and foam chunks I couldn't fit in and an industrial looking 6 foot wide tire on the first pocket beach north of Observatory Point. Anyone have a helicopter?

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 10/30/10

Glines Canyon Dam

Winter on the Elwha, #2

Storm over the Strait, and Surfer Crossing the Elwha

Autumn Leaves on the High Tide Mark, Elwha River

Time Exposed Wave, Oct 30st, 2009

Garbage Collected Along the Elwha, Saturday Oct 31st.

This is one bag of three that we collected. Due to high tides and a large swell, more garbage was present.

Driftwood Beach Shacks, Elwha River Mouth

Cedar Tree and Seagull Wing

Light Rain on the Lower Elwha