LiveCam at
Zion National Park . Utah
LiveCam at Bandon . Oregon
Jun
13
The national Volunteers for “Shoreline Education for Awareness” (SEA) took a canoe and kayak trip up the Coos River from Charleston into the South Slough Estuary. The weather was fine and the trip was five hours of education and just plain fun.
Lunch break on Valino Island in the South Slough Estuary. Valino Island was the site of a speak-easy or "blind pig" during Prohibition, but no physical structures remain visible here today. All that remains today are grape vines and a large, healthy American Chestnut Tree, which managed to escape the eastern blight infecting most of the East Coast Chestnut trees. There used to be 30 billion American Chestnut trees and today there are about 100 left. This tree is a rare and precious find thanks to the Valino family. Click the [x] symbol to view fullscreen.
Pam paddling the canoe and me doing some shaky video
