Water and Ice

On EXPLORE. AA294 Movement.

See PiP. This is where I was when I turned to take the PiP shot, started to back up and remembered where I was standing! Sorry about the terrible light in these shots.

Terrible light, sorry!

No, I absolutely did not climb down there. It's 200 ft. straight down.

Battery Point lighthouse in the distance. At low tide in summer, people can walk across a sand spit on the left and tour it. I named it after myself, because I was born at the hospital that used to be on the bluff behind me. This was the first time I'd actually seen this beach. I vaguely remember having my tonsils out at the hospital at age five and hearing the seagulls later that day as I got to eat my ice cream. AA329 Meaning

The source of this river is about 20 miles north of where I live in Oregon.

On the other side of that is the ocean.

He could be a fisherman, or could be a researcher. The Yurok Tribe has extensive environmental programs involving the fish, wildlife, watershed and general environment of their tribal lands in northwestern California. www.yuroktribe.org

The Klamath River begins north of Klamath Falls, Oregon, makes its way through northern California and flows out to sea on the right of this shot. It was interesting to be here, because I live very near the source of the Klamath River. The Yurok and other tribes who live along the Klamath River, from Oregon through California, have been fighting to save the Chinook salmon. This is directly related to the water that white cattle ranchers and potato farmers who live at my end (the source) of the Klamath insist is theirs to keep. tinyurl.com/ya4you64 At the bottom of that article are links to more information about this important legal and cultural crusade. For a more thorough idea of the plight and fight of the Yurok and, really, all Native American tribes, read this moving LA Times article about the Yurok: tinyurl.com/jw6sq6a It's a beautiful and tragic tale, well worth your time. With our current anti-environmental, anti-science, anti-brown-people, climate-denying administration, it will not be surprising if the salmon are declared not endangered , therefore we must save the white ranchers and their cattle, instead.

This is a nostalgic beach for me. I was born in the old hospital that used to be on the bluff right above this beach! Many, many, many years ago...and the first time I have really seen the beach. On EXPLORE.