WA Coast Hang and Spring Clean weeked of April 23rd

Ground dwellers welcome too!

Every year the http://www.coastsavers.org/washington.html put on a clean up day for the entire Washington coast! This year its April 23rd. Last year 1000 beach coming volunteers pulled 16 tons of trash off the beaches!

Last year i gathered this off of Shi Shi beach in about 20 minutes.:crying

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4039/...e057032a7b.jpg

So lets have a hang out at Shi Shi. Why Shi Shi? In 2003 the travel channel named it on its top 10 nature beaches.:thumbup:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...h&z=14&layer=t

Also i'm not opposed to camping at http://www.hobuckbeachresort.com/ It is a nice campground plenty of trees to hang. The Sufrider foundation sets up a BBQ at Hobuck.

So who's interested.

I also have a post for this at http://www.nwhikers.net/forums/viewt...=687572#687572

That sounds awesome. I love giving back nature.

Totally. Count me in!
:)

If I can, I'm in. Be sure to give out a reminder ahead of time though.

BUMP

A reminder...this only a month away.

Service is always great, I'm totally in, as long as nothing important comes up in between (family emergencies or similar). If there are enough for sure's, anyone want to try a carpool?

I have been to Shi Shi once, if you've never been before, its not to be missed!

Carpooling would be great it's a loooong drive from puget-troplis....i know it won't necessarily be possible for everyone.
Probably a bit early for organizing a car pool, need to see who drops out or who else decides to join.

Hey Hulk,

When I did Shi Shi it was a 4-5 mile hike, I do remember seeing some access roads, but how far are we walking to get the trash out and back to the cars? I'm kinda hoping you are gonna tell me there is a special arrangement. I don't think the bog section is gonna be too friendly this time of year.

So the trail is 4 miles round trip, not much elevation change, except for the a short bluff to above the beach. The first half of the trail is in great shape....second half is located on an abandoned road, and is a muck hole. It's the Washington coast....yer gonna get wet.

There will be a dumpster at the trail head. I have a Dixon roller pack that will help, i suspect ol tried and true garbage bags tied to a piece of drift wood might still be one of the most efficient methods. Remember it's stuff that washed up on the beach, its mostly stuff that floats.

I have the ear so to speak of a member of Friends of Olympic National park, which is a member of the Coast Alliance. So i did try to make some special arrangements. Normally overnight parking is not allowed at the trail head...for volunteers of the cleanup event will be allowed to park at the trail head over night with a special permit. The special permit will be available at the Makah tribal center.
The other thing i pushed is allowing a skiff to land on the beach to haul collected trash off the beach. Not going to happen. There's some liability issues with that.

Oh and i should mention a hard sided container is required for food storage while on the beach. Could be a bear can, or say a bucket with a lid that snaps shut, even Tupperware. The idea is to keep critters like raccoons, otters, gulls, and ravens out of the food stash.

I'm in for whatever basically, its your deal, so, what did you have in mind for camping arrangements? As far as times and locations?

Were you thinking camp Fri night? or camp Sat night? Each brings its own possibilities. Mostly I'm wondering if you wanna camp at a site at the beach, i know there are some really good ones. Or if you wanna camp at the trail head and day hike in and back. Or maybe you were thinking Fri and Sat.
Sorry, not trying to be a pain, but I made the mistake of asking myself one question, then all these other logistics came into play. If I'm getting ahead of you thats totally fine. I just got excited is all.

Nope your not being a pain.
My plan was to base camp on Shi Shi. It is a great place to camp, and there are plenty of places to camp. If there is any disadvantage it's a backpacking location.

There are also other nearby alternatives....car camp at Hobuck beach, the disadvantage is it is 20 bucks a night to camp. But there is a heated bathroom with flushing toilets and a hot shower....It will be crowded there. The Surfrider foundation sets up camp there. They will be serving burgers on Saturday for free. There are plenty of places to hang at Hobuck. Its one of very few camp grounds i don't mind paying for.

The tribal center will be offering it's grounds free for camping....except there is no place to hang.
In the end i all for what attracts the most folks. It's a get together....but it is also a work party too. Many hand make light work.

I'm no stranger for trash hauls.
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I also volunteer to do trail maintenance for the WTA. In my opinion picking up is far far less difficult than hauling backpacking gear, a Pulaski, Hoe, rock bar up a mountian side. Or manning the ol' misery whip. Just not as "glamorous".

WOW! Your reputation doesn't precede you so well as it probably should. Good work out there! I don't understand why they abandoned a perfectly good tent. That confused me, throwing money away, and ruining the surrounding nature at the same time, jerks.

I'm good for a base camp at Shi Shi. Not a huge fan of crowded campgrounds and I know those bathrooms aren't gonna be worth it. But I will make due anywhere.

There is a pretty decent campsite about a mile down (I think south) maybe 1.5 miles from the little bluff you come down. Had you thought about whether you wanted to hike to a base camp and pick up trash around camp/beach, then pick up all along the way back too? Or camp centrally and day hike either direction to get trash?

...getting excited for this.

From the point where you come down the bluff to the beach it's pretty rugged. Not sure how far north ya can go. There is a few camp sites right at the "end" of the trail there. Probably a good spot to base camp. Then beach comb to the south towards Point of the Arches. Although it would take a really big group to clean all the way to the Arches.

Bump/Reminder

We're two weeks away everyone. Shall we get an updated body count, and/or things that we'll need/want.

Also, how about some road markers for those of us who are going to be out in the middle of nowhere and not know where we are? do we know if there is cell phone reception out there?

Thanks for beating me to the reminder.

T mobil does not have coverage out there. Once i head out of Port Angeles i loose reception.
My guess is either Verizon or At&T might work out there.

I might be moving a little slow, i did a back flop down the stairs a couple of weeks ago. Cracked a rib.:scared: It's healing pretty fast...won't be 100% by then.

Bump. Don't forget it's next week.

I'm still in. I'll be bringing a friend. Any one else passing through the Bellevue/Seattle area? Also, I have verizon.

Ok, so one week away, let's get it all organized/figured out/clarified.

Is this only for the night of the 23rd (Saturday) correct? Was any one planning on doing it more than one night?

How many people are going to be coming (Hulk, MaxM, MaxM's friend so far have confirmed). Tonejones & creativeKayt, are you two still in? Anyone else planning on coming?

Hulk, is there any kind of marker we should look for on Shi Shi Beach Road for where to park or where to go? Or could you throw up some kind of marker for us to find out way?
If not, maybe we should PM some phone numbers around so some people can contact each other when we arrive.

Also, when are people planning on being there? Are people camping Friday night for beach clean up first thing Saturday, or are people showing up early Saturday for clean up on Saturday and Sunday? Should we bring our own garbage sacks to help with cleanup?


Sorry to ask so much, but figured we should try to figure out as much as possible before we were stranded on a road, unsure of where to go.
At this point, I am planning on driving/ferry to Kingston on Friday night to stay at families' house and driving on Saturday morning to Shi Shi Beach. If anyone wants to just ride the Ferry from Edmonds, I can pick them up Saturday morning at the ferry dock in Kingston and drive from there.

There are three more for sure from Nwhikers, two maybee's.

So Shi Shi is pretty easy to find. Find the Hobuck beach resort signs, and drive past the resort. Shi Shi is a five or six miles past Hobuck beach.
Additionally there will already be Coast Saver signs posted, lots of them.

Here's a map i threw together.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...947fdf728ff563

I plan on hitting the Edmonds Kingston Ferry Friday morning, and hiking in to Shi Shi on Friday after noon. It's a long *** drive to Neah bay. So i will be camping Friday, Saturday, and leaving Sunday.
The Official coast saver clean up is on Saturday. However, the dumpsters are there for the entire weekend and clean up can and does before and after Saturday.
Normally overnight parking is not allowed at Shi Shi trail head. But will be allowed for clean up volunteers with a special permit available only at the Makaha Tribal center. Other wise it's pay parking a half mile north of the trail head.

As for bring your own garbage bags. Yes you can. Generally they get handed out by volunteers, but those will only be available at Hobuck beach. I plan to bring a box of trash bags. If you bring trash bags...don't go with the cheep ones. The only bags that will survive a trip from the beach to the trail head are heavy duty contractor type.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it. I have to travel down to my folks to help out for a couple weeks. Have fun at this great event!

Awesome, thanks for the map hulk. I'd like to be there on Friday, but I gotta work till 4, so I should make it to Kingston somewhat early, but not early enough to get all the way to Neah Bay.
I'll try to be there early on Saturday though. How long will you be staying into Sunday, or are you going to be leaving fairly early (I know it is Easter)?

As for for when i plan on leaving on Sunday....i work swing shift.....i probably wont be in any rush to leave early.

Bump...

Spent some time configuring my pack. Since i will be using my Dixon Roller pack to haul trash, i have my big Gregory pack strapped to the Dixon for the ride in. :D Everything inside my Gregory is in a dry bag, plus it will have the a pack cover. Ready for the rain...but after checking the extended forecast it appears we may get lucky and see some sunshine. :thumbup:

I'm planning my way over there and the question has to be asked, cause it is such a terribly long drive, anyone wanna pick up two hitch hikers and split the gas from the water over?

Well, from the postings I've seen on this thread, it's just going to be you two, Hulk and I. If anyone else is planning on showing up, I look forward to it.

I'm going to be driving from Kingston on Saturday morning. It's about a 3 hour drive from Kingston to Shi Shi. If you want to park your vehicle at the ferry dock in Edmonds and ride the ferry over on foot. I'd be happy to pick you up and drive from there.

I'm hoping to leave Kingston for Shi Shi as early as possible, so I was thinking around 6 or 7 am. There is a 5:35 ferry that leaves Edmonds on Saturday morning. The next one isn't until 7:10.

Let me know what you guys think.

~Mindwalk

I drive a Wrangler. So 3 people + gear = one super cramped ride. That said, i can re- install my back seat, if your headed over on Friday.

Well I had wanted to go over on friday, but someone also invited me to a hotsprings hike for friday, so Hulks wrangler might be a good excuse to take the easy out and settle for going over Sat morning. I would love to meet up with Mindwalk, I like the early start.

Sorry for the late post. I'm not able to go due to my work schedule. I hoe to catch up with you guys this summer!