Eclectic Essays on Eelgrass and Estuaries: Kate's Day 6: Stony Point, Washington to Netarts Bay, Oregon

Fieldwork in the morning was at the same site, an hour away from where we were staying. We had decided to pack up all of our things (another reason why that final night in Ocean Park was SO crazy! and probably while I am SO tired right now!) and get the heck out of Dodge right after our fieldwork, so we jammed everything in the truck at 5:30am and drove up to the site, did the work, and hopped back in the truck for a sweet drive down the coast.

On the North side of the Columbia is an oddly named (again, by Lewis and Clark) site called Dismal Nitch.

On the South side of the Columbia is the lovely town Astoria, which I fancied as likely having cheap cute tall wooden houses with a view of the Columbia.

We found another AWESOME cafe!!

and I considered finding work here:

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I forgot to put this in the post from the other day but we watched Michelle Obama speaking on CNN one night and were totally captivated. She's an amazing speaker (makes sense, since she is a successful lawyer). After being down here in the States for a while I feel like I should be walking around with a VOTE OBAMA pin).

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We also stopped in Cannon Beach as we meandered down the Oregon Coast. Known for the giant sea stack called Haystack rock, Cannon Beach is a giant sandy beach with a few awesome bird colonies full of seagulls and Common Murres.

Phalaropes? Haven't had time to ID these with the bird book yet!

I could feel the ocean calling me, so I walked as far as I could (until I realized that it was a pretty scary tide, and giant waves... oh yeah and that there was a hole in my Xtra Toughs - gumboots).

Lots of Guano on that one!

We hopped back in the car and continued down the coast. The road signs down here are kind of funny. Not only are there the crazy Tsunami warning sign, but also crazy ones that just say "DIP".