Wednesday, Jan.
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anifests destiny at the beach
ents walk back from the ocean after taking pH levels of the water tor thei
rgy class at Seaside beach.
e next stop on our trip was
¡back over the Columbia by
of the Astoria Bridge and
gh Astoria to Fort Stevens
Park. Instead of seeing
tual fort, we went straight
e beach where the remains
e Peter Iredale, just one of
ousands of ships brought
by the ever shifting sands
e Columbia Estuary.
e Peter Iredale met its
se in 1906 when it was
g its way to Portland.
Astoria^ to Fort Stevens,
Gearhart and Seaside, to the salt
works of Lewis and Clark and
to some pretty fantastic sights.
The best part of the trip for
me was not on the agenda.
When she discovered that
we were a bit ahead of sched
ule after our visit to the Peter
Iredale, Bown made the deci
sion with Kelsey that we should
take a detour to a lookout on
the jetty.
The lookout was a shaky
, fog and bad weather wooden platform. From the top,
to blame. The ship was we were able to see the most
8 to the beach. Later the beautiful sights in the area. The
I was scrapped down waves cresting and smacking
e ribbings and anything into the basaltic rocks were
ining was buriedtoo deep breathtaking. Many students
(sand.
actually climbed some of the
roughout the trip, Bown rocks that formed the jetty in
he class take samples of order to get as close to the water
ater at various locations, as possible.
[water was tested for its
At this lookout, Bown said
ty, salinity and pH levels, that on a previous field trip, she
wind speed, air -tempera had seen three snowy owls that
land humidity were also normally reside in Canada.
The next lab is on Feb. 6,
ded for the lab portion of
and the class will be picking up
eld trip.
e trip took us up to Cape just south of Seaside at Canon
bpointment,
'through Beach.
The biology class
«r looks - int0 tide Poc,ls on F°rt Stevens State Park on the Oregon
Coast with the help of the instructor, Jennifer Bown.