Plastic Ocean Pollution / Waste
Over the last decade plus, it's becoming abundantly clear humanity has an extremely serious issue with plastic ocean pollution / waste because of the amount of plastic entering the ocean and that they do not biodegrade. And before we start poin…
2021 State of the Beach Report (Surfrider Foundation)
Earlier this week Surfrider Foundation released it's 2021 State of the Beach Report. While we have yet to read through the entire report, that will take a few weeks at 85+ pages, thought it was worth bringing this to light sooner rather than la…
Columbia (River) Bar
While there are some dandy watering holes in Astoria, OR, the Columbia (River) Bar is not one of them. While the Graveyard of the Pacific is more broadly defined, the most treacherous part is the mouth of the Columbia River where it empties out…
Happy Labor Day!
Just a quick post to wish everyone a happy and relaxing Labor Day at hopefully your favorite beach. Wish I was hanging at the beach myself, but taking advantage of this week and weekend to relocate from metro Seattle to Portland, OR. Prim…
Beach Musings
As the dog days of summer kicked in this week in the greater Seattle area, today we are getting a break in the weather so rather than being down at my local beach cooling off, I thought I would do a blog post with just some random beach thoughts.Last…