High Surf Yesterday - Plastic Today

A lovely sunset was tainted by HUGE quantities of plastic on our beach.  I haven't seen the plastic littering our beach like this EVER.  The last time I noticed a lot of plastic on the beach was January 9th of this year.  Yesterday there was a big surf advisory and I have never seen the waves so big.  I definitely think the 2 events are connected.  There was so much plastic it literally made me feel sick.  We picked up what we could be all agreed it would have taken days to get it all.  sigh.

Another walk to the beach

Made it in the nick of time.

4 days in a row!

3 days in a row

Forgot the camera last night but tonight made up for it!

Indian Summer

After an incredibly cold summer, the heat has finally arrived.  The surf was big and the sunset lovely tonight.  I walked to Cooks and Sus met me there. 

In the nick of time... again!

I jogged down the hill and made it to Cook's beach just as the sun was re-appearing through the fog bank.  It was a lovely sunset.  What a great way to start the weekend.... sigh...

Where did the summer go?

It has been far too long since my last sunset post.  Last week I did catch sunset but forgot my camera. Doh!
We (Emma, Mattman and I) walked to Cook's Beach tonight to see the sunset.  We were not disappointed.

In the nick of time...

This week we are dog sitting Foxie so I walked her from my house down to Cooks Beach... well I basically ran her down the hill (and I don't run).... knowing that the sun was setting and not going to wait for us! Liz was already there. Sus met us with the car and decided to take a dip. He's crazy!

Sunset from the Gualala Bluff Trail

Our normal Friday sunset was rained out this week, but thankfully I caught Wednesday night's this week from the lovely Gualala Bluff Trail.

2 Sunsets

The sunset with the rock was taken on Saturday night at Gualala Point Park. The orange sky one was taken on Friday night just south of The Sea Ranch after an INCREDIBLE whale filled hike around Horseshoe Cove. I have never seen SO many whales in one day before. It is definitely migration season on the pacific coast.

Sand is Back!

Hawaii!

This week's sunset is from the Kona side of the big island of Hawaii. Here's the view from our room. Just Heavenly!

Grey Day

Not much of a sunset. Overcast and grey.

Where'd the beach go 2?

Got to Cook's Beach in the nick of time to see the sunset. It was high tide and when we got to the bottom of the stairs, the water was the highest we had ever seen it! There was no beach and not many rocks to even stand on. We ended up retreating to the bluff view. It will be interesting to see how long this SUPER high tide lasts.

Jnauray 30, 2010 Where'd the beach go?

Arrived at Cooks Beach for the first time after the big storms to find the sand had been washed to sea. This picture was taken at a minus tide and as you can see, the water comes right up to the rocks! It will be interesting to see how quickly the sand returns.

January 9, 2010

The last couple of week's sunsets were rained out.

Today's sunset was tainted with plastic. For the very first time on Cook's Beach I noticed large quantities of plastic bits in the waterline of the tide. Is this the first signs of the Pacific Gyre moving on to our shores? sigh.... I guess time will tell.