The Elwha motion blurred....

Driftwood Beach Shack

September at the Elwha River mouth

Tree Branch off the mouth of the Elwha

Jory surfing the class 2 rapid above the Elwha River mouth

I love this little wave train just above the river mouth. On small surf days, I'll paddle up there to play in the current. Or enter above the rapid on my waveski, run it, and surf the mouth. Few places offer so much variety in water features.

Visit my new show at the Blackbird Coffeehouse in Port Angeles, WA

Check out my new show of still lifes created from garbage collected along the Elwha River at the Blackbird Coffeehouse in Port Angeles, WA. Starts Dec 4th. http://www.theblackbirdcoffeehouse.com/

Draining Lake Mills. Here, 18' lower, 11/13/10

Draining of Lake Mills..

Here's a great piece by Seattle's King 5 News on the draining of Lake Mills..

http://www.king5.com/news/environment/Lake-Mills-Elwha-dams-classroom.html

Gone Dam Pale Ale, Oct 2010 Release, Harbinger Winery

Here's the bottle label for the Gone Dam Pale Ale, an October only 2010 Release by Harbinger Winery in Port Angeles, WA. Ken DeBondt was the artist for the label.

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

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/16/10

Garbage Collected on the Elwha River Mouth 9/15/10

Garbage Collected on Freshwater Bay 9/14/10

Pics of removal of Cofferdam on the Rogue River, Oregon

See images on the link below, scroll down from top to bottom to see removal progression...

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=318598

Elwha River Dike near Place Road, Before and After

The dike along the south side of the river has been improved to allow for better flow below the dams upon removal. This side is accessed via the public parking lot via Place Road. The wooded view with the path is before the new dike.

Glines Canyon Dam Flow Structures

Delay in New Posts -

Folks,
Due to writing a book on stand up paddling for Mountaineers Books, summer, etc, I'm behind on new posts. Expect a few in mid to late August, hoping to get back on track! Thanks for the patience. Rob Casey

Da Fuca Blog

Here's a great blog called Da Fuca with incredible witty drawings of waves, surf, surfing, and such around the Juan de Fuca area.

Da Fuca

Elwha River above the new Discovery Trail bridge, 3/10

Beach Garbage Collected at the Elwha River mouth, 5/14/10

The most common items we find are tampon applicators, bottle caps and a flat plastic item used in the shrimp fisheries.

Progress Finally

TV Screen Frame in Beach, 4/30/10

We've tried to remove this TV screen frame a few weeks ago, no luck.

Driftwood Beach Shack, 4/30/10

Speeding over the Elwha

I was speeding to dinner on Saturday night in Port Angeles as most restaurants stop serving food by 9pm. We left our place at 8:15pm, and while obviously not paying attention, passed a state trooper while crossing the Elwha on Highway 112 going 10 over. Oops. I'll send in my $116 donation to Clallam County this week.

Sunset over Freshwater Bay, 4/29/10

Glines Canyon Dam

Winter on the Elwha, #2

Winter on the Elwha near Altaire Bridge

Motion Blur on Freshwater Bay, WA

Elwha River Below the New Bridge

Gary Korb Throwing Ends on the Elwha River

Gary Korb (pictured) who lives by nearby Salt Creek wrote the comprehensive book, 'A Paddler's Guide to the Olympic Peninsula.' This is the only guide dedicated to whitewater kayaking on the Peninsula with over 75 river runs covered. Gary also makes surf kayaks from his home using hardware store materials and fiberglass. You can see Gary rip in his custom boats at Crescent Beach on most days when the surf is up. In this image, he's 'throwing ends' on the Altaire rapid of the Elwha. You can find his book on Amazon at: http://bit.ly/cW3fXD

Beach Garbage Collected at the Elwha River mouth, 1/2/10

Beautiful winter day on the Elwha, 1/2/10