Salmon River Estuary

Location: Salmon River Estuary, Oregon

Date: January 2, 2006

Participants: Don Beale, Bob Brevoort

Bob Brevoort and I went to see the surf, and the river at near flood stage. No surf pictures, but the river at flood made some nice pictures

	Normally this is all grassland.
Here, where the river is usually about 100' wide, it covers the entire lowlands. That's Bob, paddling away as I took pictures. Cascade Head is in the background.
	Another cut of the same picture.
	I'm no ornithologist - but on the little bird card I have this looks a lot like a sanderling. I was quite close when I took the picture, and it flew off as soon as I took it.
We had joked about paddling the boats right onto the roof racks of the trucks. The water didn't quite get that high - but we were able to paddle right into the parking lot.

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