Classical Skills

SKILLS

"Zither, chess, book, painting, sword.
These symbolize classical skill.

There was once a wanderer who cared nothing for fame. Although he
had many chances for position, he continued to search for teachers who
could help him master five things : zither, chess, book, painting, and
sword.

The zither gave him music, which expressed the soul. Chess
cultivated strategy and a response to the actions of another. Books gave
him academic education. Painting was the exercise of beauty and
sensitivity. Sword was a means for health and defense.

One day a little boy asked the wanderer what he would do if he lost
his five things. At first the wanderer was frightened, but he soon
realized that his zither could not play itself, the chess board was
nothing without players, a book needed a reader, brush and ink could not
move on their own accord, and a sword could not be unsheathed without a
hand. He realized that his cultivation was not merely for the
acquisition of skills. It was a path to the innermost part of his being."

-  Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao: Daily Meditations  

Standard 32 Sword Form: Black Dragon Whips His Tail

Portland City Dining: Fogo de Chão

We celebrated April's 41st Birthday by seven of us going to downtown Portland to the Fogo de Chao Brazilian Steakhouse.  Our quality table was adjacent to the huge barbeque kitchen.  It was a dramatic and dynamic scene.  

Dozens of specialized grilled meats were brought to our table.  I enjoyed one cut of lamb and top sirloin the most.  The buffet offered some enticing items, some new to me.  Vegetarians could find plenty of delicious foods to eat.  The many drink and pastry choices were excellent.  

The many lovely ladies, including our own, with such nice clothes were a beautiful sight to behold.  Some young lovies wore scanty revealing clothing.  A few folks were in costumes.  

Every table was filled, and even people with reservations were waiting over a half hour to be seated.  It was drizzling and quite cold outside and people were crammed inside the bar and waiting area.  I could not hear well amid all the cross-conversations.  

Figure on $85-$100 a person for this extravagant, unique, and meat-lovers dining experience.  

There are many tall buildings surrounding this restaurant.  Sheer glass faces, 20 stories high, in all directions.  

Dramatic Downtown Portland!!!  May this delight go on for centuries more!

Happy Birthday, April

First Signs of Spring

A Cloud Hands Blog repost from February 26, 2010:  

“A little group of thatched cottages in the middle of the village had an orchard attached; and I remember well the peculiar purity of the blue sky seen through the white clusters of apple blossom in spring. I remember being moonstruck looking at it one morning early on my way to school. It meant something for me; what, I couldn’t say. It gave me such an unease at heart, some reaching out towards perfection such as impels men into religion, some sense of the transcendence of things, of the fragility of our hold on life.” - A. L. Rowse 

 The thousands of acres of almond orchards in the North Sacramento Valley are all in bloom these days. A spectacular sight!

   

 Heavy rain today and Saturday will keep us indoors most of the time.  

Time for indoor chores and reading. I will start working on the Deer Frolic Qigong this weekend. 

rain-soaked
olive branches droop—
ground fogs rise 

 Daily rain—
from the deep well
this glass of water.

- Above the Fog, Haiku by Mike Garofalo 

For some Green Way Wisdom, please visit The Spirit of Gardening.

 

Feathered Friends, Shell-Fish, and Epidemics

"The feathered tribe are numerous, and during the season flock hither in clouds: white and black swans, white geese, Canada geese, brant, sheldrake, cormorants, loon, mallard, ducks, red-head, gray and canvas back ducks, teal, curlew, snipe, plover, pheasant, quail, pigeons, crows, and robins. During the summer months pelicans are plenty, and go sailing round in the heavy, lazy flight, occasionally dashing down into the water in the most clumsy manner to catch a fish, and at all times an easy prey and an acceptable banquet to the Indians, who swallow their coarse, fishy, oily flesh with the greatest avidity. Innumerable flocks of gulls of various species are constantly to be seen, and at times, when attracted by any quantities of food, appear like clouds. These birds, also, are readily eaten by the Indians, who never are at a loss to find means to appease their appetite."

- James Gilcrest Swan, 1852, Willapa (Shoalwater) Bay, Southwestern Washington, from his book "The Northwest Coast: Or, Three Year's in Residence in Washington Territory, 1957."

Willapa Bay  A Hyper-text Notebook by Mike Garofalo

Brown Pelicans

In 2022, I will be Yurt camping at Grayland Beach State Park twice and Pacific Beach State Park once during the spring bird migration fly-by. Millions of birds rest and eat in the shallow bays, wetlands, marshes, sloughs, sandy islands, and rivers in Grays Harbor Bay and Willapa Bay.  Looking forward to visiting Bottle Beach and other bird watching locations.  



A Birder's Guide to Coastal Washington. By Bob Morse, 2001. Featuring Ocean Shores, Long Beach Peninsula, Forks, Westport, Tokeland, and 160 Birding Hot Spots. Detailed coverage of birding locations near Westport and how to get there. Excellent resource!  RWMorse, 2001, 270 pages, ring-bound. VSCL. FVRL.  First Choice!!

Coastal Washington Shorebirds and Waterbirds. By Ruth McCausland. 116 pages.

Birds of Washington Field Guide. By Stan Tekiela. Adventure Pubs., 2001, 332 pages.

American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of Washington. By Dennis Paulson and Brian Small. Scott and Nix, 2020, 368 pages.

Birds of the Pacific Northwest. By John Shewey and Tim Blount. Timber, 2017, 560 pages.

Birds of Washington State. By Brian Bell and Gregory Kennedy. Partners, 2017, 284 pages.




"The shoals are covered with shell-fish, among which the oyster is the most abundant, and constitutes the primary article of export. Several species of clams, crabs of the largest size, and of a most delicious flavor, shrimps, mussels, and a small species of sand-lobster, are in the greatest abundance, and furnish nutritious food, not only to the different tribes of Indians who resort to the bay at different seasons to procure supplies, but also the white settler, who is this enabled to greatly reduce the expenses of living when compared with those settlements on the Columbia River and interior where provision of all kinds are usually scarce and high."
- James Gilcrest Swan, 1852, Willapa (Shoalwater) Bay, Southwestern Washington

Fort Vancouver (1824-1845) and Portland (1845-) were the settlements inland on the Columbia River.  

By 1851, epidemics of disease (1795-1845) had decimated the Chinook and Chelais Indian tribes on the Shoalwater (Willapa) Bay coastal area. In 1856, for example, a large tribe of Chelais Indians were camping in Westport and digging clams. A smallpox epidemic erupted and killed hundreds of Chelais Indians of all ages, and the Indians never returned to Westport.

In 2022, tens of thousands of people go to dig razor clams on fixed approved days on the sandy beaches of Twin Harbors and the Long Beach Peninsula.  My son and his wife are expert razor clam diggers.  And, we all have been challenged by our own COVID flu pandemic in America the past three years.  

Most of us enjoy finding ways and means to appease our appetites, despite any obstacles.  

Willapa Bay 

Grayland Beach

Four Days in Grayland

Travel Notebooks by Mike Garofalo

Walking Meditation

“In Bodh Gaya, India, there is an old Bodhi tree that shades the very spot where the Buddha is believed to have sat in meditation on the night of his enlightenment. Close by is a raised walking path about 17 steps in length, where the Buddha mindfully paced up and down in walking meditation after becoming enlightened, experiencing the joy of a liberated heart.

In his teachings, the Buddha stressed the importance of developing mindfulness in all postures, including standing, sitting, lying down, and even walking. When reading accounts about the lives of monks and nuns in the time of the Buddha, you find that many attained various stages of enlightenment while doing walking meditation.

In walking meditation, the primary object of attention is the process of walking itself. In other words, to sharpen awareness and train the mind to concentrate, you pay close attention to the physical act of walking, the way you take one step after another. Thus the object is more obvious and tangible than in the more refined meditation techniques, such as focusing on the breath or a mantra, which are often used in traditional sitting meditation. Focusing the mind on this more obvious object helps to avoid sleepiness (or restlessness) that meditators sometimes experience during their sitting meditation.

The guidelines for walking meditation are similar to that of sitting meditation: Choose an appropriate time and decide how long to meditate; for beginners 15 to 30 minutes may be suitable. The walking path can be either inside or outside, depending upon your preference and the area available. Also, whenever possible, it is better to practice in bare feet, although this is not essential.

Stand at one end of the path and hold your hands gently together in front of your body. The eyes remain open, gazing down along the path about two yards ahead. The intention is not to be looking at anything in particular but simply to see that you remain on the path and know when to turn around.

You should now try to center yourself by putting aside all concern for the past and future. In order to calm the mind and establish awareness in the present, abandon any preoccupation with work, home, and relationships, and bring the attention to the body. The meditation exercise is simply to walk at a slow, relaxed pace, being fully aware of each step until you reach the end of the path. When you arrive at the end of the path, stop for a moment and check to see what the mind is doing. Is it being attentive? If necessary, reestablish awareness. Then turn and walk back to the other end in a similar fashion, remaining mindful and alert. Continue to pace up and down for the duration of the meditation period, gently making an effort to sustain awareness and focus attention on the process of walking.”

-  John Cianciosi, Yoga Journal, 2007

Green Way Wisdom - Walking Meditation

A repost from this Cloud Hands Blog from November of 2008.  

What Will Your Verse Be?

"O me, O life of the questions of these recurring. 
Of the endless trains of the faithless.  
Of cities filled with the foolish.
What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer: that you are here.
That life exists and identity.
That the powerful play goes on,
and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be."

Attributed to Walt Whitman in Zen Camera

A young family of four enjoying the winter day at
Cape Lookout State Park creek and beach.
What verses will they contribute to the living poem
of just two generations?
Telephoto intimacy.

You Cannot Call It Lofty

"The Way has its reality and its signs but is without action or form.
You can hand it down but you cannot receive it, you can ignore it but you cannot see it.
It is its own source, its own root.
Before heaven and earth existed it was there, from the ancient times.
It gave spirituality to the spirits and to God, it gave birth to heaven and to earth.
It exists beyond the highest point, and yet you cannot call it lofty.
It exists beneath the limit of the six directions, and yet you cannot call it deep.
It was born before heaven and earth, and yet you cannot say it has been there for long,
It is earlier than the earliest time, and yet you cannot call it old."

- The Crookbacked Woman and the Sage by Chuang Tzu
Translated by Burton Watson, 1964 Crone Taoism

A Day Became a Presence

 "A certain day became a presence
to me; there it was, confronting me -- a sky, air, light:
a being. And before it started to descend

from the height of noon, it leaned over
and struck my shoulder as if with
the flat of a sword, granting me
honor and a task. The day's blow
rang out, metallic -- or it was I, a bell awakened,
and what I heard was my whole self
saying and singing what it knew: I can."

Denise Levertov, Variation on a Theme by Rilke
(The Book of Hours, Book I, Poem 1, Stanza 1)

Three Capes, Oregon

I began this cold day with a campfire.  Then a walk on the forest trail to an ocean overlook.  Then a short and quite lovely 11 mile drive to Tillamook for lunch at the Fern Restaurant.    

I drove from Tillamook to Garibaldi and back.  I drove from Tillamook to Pacific City and back.  Lots to explore in the future in these coastal and valley areas, and up in the Tillamook State Forest.  There are five rivers (Tillamook, Hoquarton, Wilson) that flow through the Tillamook Valley into Tillamook Bay.  

"In its early years, the town of Tillamook, the first community to be settled in the county, bore the unofficial names Lincoln and Hoquarton, the latter believed to be an Indian name meaning “the landing.” Its name was eventually changed to Tillamook, an Indian word meaning “the many peoples of the Nehelim.” William Clark of explorers Lewis and Clark wrote in 1806 of the “Killamox” Indians but according to research by the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes the “K” was not used in the name of the tribe. Local folklore used “Land of Many Waters” as the meaning of Tillamook. Though it is a fact that Tillamook is a land of many waters it is not the true meaning of the name Tillamook."
- History of Tillamook City   Tillamook County Formed in 1853, and City Incorporated in 1891.  

Trees to the Sea Highway

Here are some photographs by me from this Cape Lookout Trip:

Here are some images of this area found on the Internet:

The coastline from Seaside to Manzanita, and from Tillamook to Cape Lookout,
features many high cliffs, steep hills, ravines, and mountains.

The sand spit at Netart's Bay is a small break from the normally rugged coastline
of the Three Capoes area.  Mountains of Oregon
e.g, Neahkanie Mountain 4,500 feet

Here is some information about Tillamook Bay:

Tillamook City   Population 5,300    Images    On US 101 and Junction with Oregon Road 6 leading back east to Portland.  

Motels, restaurants, cafes, gift shops, grocery, banks, museums, dairy farms, lumber industry, hospital, gas, stores, services, supplies. 
The Tillamook area has many dairy farms on green flat land east of the bay. 

Tillamook Coast Visitors Guide

Tillamook History

Tillamook Travel Guide 1

Tillamook Library   Tillamook County Library System 

Tillamook County   Population 25,300   The City of Tillamook is the County Seat. 

Tillamook Travel Guide 2

Tillamook Heritage Route

Tillamook Restaurants

Tillamook Shopping    Images

Tillamook Creamery   Tours 

Tillamook Air Museum

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum

Blue Heron French Cheese Company

Northwest Coastal Oregon Travel Guide: Astoria to Cape Lookout.  By Mike Garofalo. 

Tillamook Chamber of Commerce

 

Tillamook Bay

Tillamook Bay Inlet

Tillamook Bay History

Bayocean Development Failure Story

Tillamook Bay Shellfishing   Clams and Crabs

Tillamook Bay Fishing

Barview Jetty County Park    Campground, picnic, hiking.  At the north jetty to Tillamook Bay. 

Oyster Farming in Tillamook Bay - A History

Tillamook Bay Environmental History

Port of Tillamook Bay  Information, History

"The bay is protected from the open ocean by shoals and a 3 mi (5 km) sandbar called the Bayocean Peninsula. It is surrounded closely by the Coastal Range except at its southeast end, where the town of Tillamook sits near the mouths of the Kilchis, Wilson, Trask and Tillamook rivers, which flow quickly down from the surrounding timber-producing regions of the Coastal Range to converge at the bay. The short Miami River enters the north end of the bay. The small fishing village of Garibaldi sits near the cliffs opening of the bay in the ocean. The rivers that feed the bay are known for their prolific steelhead and salmon runs. The mixing of freshwater from the rivers with the ocean's saltwater makes the bay an estuary.

The name "Tillamook" is Coast Salish word meaning "Land of Many Waters", probably referring to the rivers that enter the bay. At the time of the arrival of Europeans, the area along the coast was inhabited by the Tillamook and other related Coast Salish tribes. Historians believe they entered the area around the year 1400 and Lewis and Clark estimated the population south of the Columbia River along the coast at approximately 2,200."
- Tillamook Bay

Netarts Bay, Oregon

The weather, for a change, became warmer and the skies cleared.  No rain!  No wind!  Temperatures from 38F to 53F.  Cool!  

Excellent dry weather for a solo walker to roam the lovely loud beaches and lush forest trails.  

I ate breakfast at the Fern Restaurant in Tillamook on 101.  Enjoyed the hot hash browns. 

Toured the new (2008-), three story, beautiful, spacious, and inviting Tillamook County Library in the downtown area next to a new large Safeway Supermarket.  There is a Fred Meyer superstore at the north end of town, many fast food restaurants on US 101, and numerous stores and services in Tillamook.  I drove around Tillamook.  Shopped at Ace hardware and the Nectar Cannabis stores.  A nice food cart court with covered courtyard in downtown.  

Drove around Netarts Bay, the village of Netarts, and stopped at the beach and at the cliffside resort village of Oceanside with its many new expensive homes facing the Three Arches Rocks.  These huge rocks in the ocean near the sandy shore are very impressive.  I drove out to Cape Meares lighthouse.  The dangerous cliffside road from Netarts to Ocenside gives me the willies.  

Hung out at various places along the east shore of Netarts Bay.  Watched people digging clams at low tide, and fishing from small boats and roadside rocks at high tide.  The tide changes rules some aspects of life here.    

Enjoyed a codfish dinner at the Schooner Restaurant.  

During my last three monthly trips to coastal Yurt campsites (i.e., Grayland Beach, Cape Disappointment, and Nehalem Bay) it was raining, drizzling, foggy, windy, and wet.  Under these weather conditions, I don't start a campfire.  In fact, I seldom start a campfire.  In the dry months, May to September, campfires in coastal State Parks are often not permitted so as to prevent forest fires.  Or, I often just don't want to tend a smoky campfire; and, don't.  

However, on this trip, I did light a campfire some evenings and some mornings.  It was cold, a little foggy at times, other Yurt campers were having campfires, and the setting at my Yurt campsite was very beautiful.  The Sitka Spruce forest was enchanting for me.

Here are some photographs by me from this Cape Lookout Trip:

My Campfire at the Yurt Campground
Cape Lookout State Park

Tillamook Valley

Thee Arch Rocks

Netarts Bay at Low Tide

Sitka Spruce Forest
Cape Lookout

Here are some aerial photographs of Netarts Bay found on the Internet:

Looking South

Looking North

Clamming and Crabbing in Netarts Bay

Looking South

Looking to the Northwest

Here is some additional information about Netarts Bay

Netarts, Oregon   Population 744   Images   Unincorporated community. 

"Netarts is a small community situated at the mouth of Netarts Bay, just south of Oceanside. Found amid lush coastal rainforest, Netarts, in the language of the local Tillamook tribe, means “near the water.”  On the shore of Netarts Bay, the town is separated from the Pacific Ocean by a long, club-shaped stretch of forested sand called Netarts Spit. This was once the earliest settlement site of the Tillamook Indians. Inside the bay, at low tide, many search for different varieties of clam, and a nearby marina offers boat and crab pot rentals. Nearby Cape Lookout State Park, on the opposite shore of Netarts Bay, has tent camping, yurts, cabins, and a rewarding hike to a great, panoramic vista for whale watching."
-  Netarts Bay Travel
 

Netarts - Cafes

Netarts Bay 

Netarts Bay Trip Advisor

Netarts Bay Travel

General History of the Netarts Bay Area, By William Hawkins, 1994  PDF 

Where to Clam and Crab in Netarts Bay  By Oregon Fish and Game Department  Includes Map

Netarts Travel

Naveen's Bayside Market and Deli in Netarts

Netarts - Tillamook Coast

The Schooner Restaurant and Lounge in Netarts

Oceanside  

 

Netarts Bay Geology

Netarts Bay, at maximum high tide, is 9 feet deep on the average. 

Beach Sand Composition Geology

Zeolites of Tillamook Seashore

Northwest Coast: A Natural History.  By Stewart T. Schultz.  Portland, Timber Press, 1990, index, bibliography, 389 pages.  VSCL. 

"Netarts Bay is an estuarine bay on the northern Oregon Coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Tillamook. The unincorporated community of Netarts is located on the north end of the bay and Netarts Bay Shellfish Preserve, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, is located on the south side of the bay.[1] The sand spit on the west side of Netarts bay is part of Cape Lookout State Park.  The bay is approximately 5 by 1.5 miles (8.0 by 2.4 km) and totals 2,325 acres (9.41 km2) in area, making it Oregon's seventh largest bay.[2] Of that, 812 acres (3.29 km2) are permanently submerged—the balance of 1,513 acres (6.12 km2) is intertidal land.[2] It experiences a maximum tidal range of 9 feet (3 m).  The bay is part of a watershed of 13 square miles (34 km2)[2] that is fed by at least 16 small creeks. From north to south, there is Fall Creek, Hodgdon Creek, O'Hara Creek, Rice Creek, two unnamed creeks, Yager Creek, three unnamed creeks, Whiskey Creek, an unnamed creek, Austin Creek, two unnamed creeks, and Jackson Creek."
- Netarts Bay 

"Oregon is blessed with the vision of former Governor Oswald West who legislated that all of Oregon’s coastline be accessible to everyone. This was remarkable foresight given the state’s sparse population in 1911. More than 150 years later we appreciate his commitment to beauty beholden to all."

"Another common question about our sandy beach is, “Why does sand squeak when you walk on it?” The answer is that the music is caused by friction from the sand grains rubbing against each other as we apply weight through our footsteps as we scoot our feet through the sand. However, there are certain conditions to be met. The type of sand that squeaks is usually a silicate, a feldspar, or a carbonate, the grains must be rounded (no sharp corners or edges), they should be around 300 micrometers in diameter, and they squeak best when they are dry (moisture on the grains acts as a lubricant, decreasing the friction)."
-  Jim Young, Oceanside, Oregon

Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon

I drove from Vancouver, through Portland, out west by Beaverton and Hillsboro, and out into the farmlands and vineyards near Banks, Oregon.  From Banks, on Oregon Road 26, I drove the 50 miles through the coastal mountains and the Tillamook State Forest.  The road has many small homes along its course west up along Gales Creek up to the 1,500 foot summit, and then down the rugged Wilson River Canyon to the Tillamook Valley.  There are an astounding number white trunked deciduous trees (alders, poplars) along this impressive Wilson River Canyon.  

It is 100 miles from my home in Vancouver to Cape Lookout State Park.    

I drove 6 miles west out on Bayocean Road to where it dead ends because of rock slides.  The road goes along the southwest side of Tillamook Bay.  I did not drive out on the gravel Bayocean Dike Road all the way to the south jetty of Tillamook Bay.  It was very foggy at this time.  Dramatic!!  Nobody out and about today ... deserted foggy Bay waters rising and falling twice a day.  

Very little traffic today from Banks to Cape Lookout State Park.  How pleasant a drive for sightseeing.  

The fog lifted in the afternoon over low tide at Netarts Bay.

Here are some photographs by me from this Cape Lookout Trip:

The State Park campground is 6 miles from the village of Netarts, and 11 miles from downtown Tillamook. 

In the last two decades, I have camped in a Yurt at Cape Lookout State Park twice before, and once in a tent.  There are 210 campsites and 13 Yurts here.  Check in at 4:00 pm, and checkout at 10 am.  Most of the campground was closed, only Loop C was open.  All the Yurts were used, and about 15 trailers/RVs were in the campground.  

There are many hiking trails in the Park in the Sitka Spruce forest.  Also, nice roads for bicycling and walking (especially since so few people were here).  There are many miles of sandy beach and surf to walk along because the Park is on the long sand spit that creates the west side of shallow Netarts Bay.  All the steep hills to the east of the Park are heavily forested.  

There is considerable logging in the mountains surrounding the Tillamook Valley.  As is true for all the Oregon and Washington coastal mountain ranges.  

Sand Spit of Netarts Bay
Looking North
From the Internet

Since there will be lots of darkness and probably some rain, a winter coastal solo camper needs books to read, DVDs or CDs to use on a laptop, ebooks.  There was decent smart cellphone T-Mobile access to the Internet.

I brought my Kindle ebook reader, my HP laptop computer with software such as my laptop Kindle ebook reader, Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, and the Microsoft 365 Suite.  Brought my Canon SX740 camera and cellphone.  

In the next two weeks I will be reading the two following books. 

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic For Dummies. By Rob Sylvan.  VSCL, my book.  

The Northwest Coast: Or, Three Year's Residence in Washington Territory.  By James G. Swan.  Introduction by Norman H. Clark.  University of Washington, 1857, 1969, 1999.  429 pages.  FVRL library book.  

Here is some additional information about the Cape Lookout Area: Netarts Bay, Cape Lookout State Park, Tillamook, Tillamook Bay.

Cape Lookout State Park     Images   Many options for walking and hiking in this part of the rugged Oregon coastline. 

Cape Lookout State Park

Four Days in Grayland   By Michael P. Garofalo.   Camping and travel adventures in the Pacific Northwest. 

Yurt Camping in the Coastal Northwest     By Michael P. Garofalo

Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint

Clay Myers State Natural Area

Bob Straub State Park

Cape Lookout Hiking Trail

Tillamook Coast Visitors Guide

North Coast Food Trail

Munson Creek Falls State Natural Site

Sand Lake Recreation Area

Three Capes Scenic Loop

Pacific City  Population 1,000

Northwest Coastal Oregon Travel Guide: Astoria to Cape Lookout.  By Mike Garofalo.  

Netarts, Oregon   Population 744   Images   Unincorporated community.   On Oregon 131, Trees to the Sea Highway.  Off of US 101. 

"Netarts is a small community situated at the mouth of Netarts Bay, just south of Oceanside. Found amid lush coastal rainforest, Netarts, in the language of the local Tillamook tribe, means “near the water.”  On the shore of Netarts Bay, the town is separated from the Pacific Ocean by a long, club-shaped stretch of forested sand called Netarts Spit. This was once the earliest settlement site of the Tillamook Indians. Inside the bay, at low tide, many search for different varieties of clam, and a nearby marina offers boat and crab pot rentals. Nearby Cape Lookout State Park, on the opposite shore of Netarts Bay, has tent camping, yurts, cabins, and a rewarding hike to a great, panoramic vista for whale watching."
-  Netarts Bay Travel
 

Netarts - Cafes

Netarts Bay 

Netarts Bay Trip Advisor

Netarts Bay Travel

General History of the Netarts Bay Area, By William Hawkins, 1994  PDF 

Where to Clam and Crab in Netarts Bay  By Oregon Fish and Game Department  Includes Map

Netarts Travel

Naveen's Bayside Market and Deli in Netarts

Netarts - Tillamook Coast

The Schooner Restaurant and Lounge in Netarts  Very good meals!  

 

Netarts Bay Geology

Netarts Bay, at maximum high tide, is 9 feet deep on the average. 

Beach Sand Composition Geology

Three Arch Rocks

Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge

Zeolites of Tillamook Seashore

Northwest Coast: A Natural History.  By Stewart T. Schultz.  Portland, Timber Press, 1990, index, bibliography, 389 pages.  VSCL. 

"Netarts Bay is an estuarine bay on the northern Oregon Coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Tillamook. The unincorporated community of Netarts is located on the north end of the bay and Netarts Bay Shellfish Preserve, managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, is located on the south side of the bay.[1] The sand spit on the west side of Netarts bay is part of Cape Lookout State Park.  The bay is approximately 5 by 1.5 miles (8.0 by 2.4 km) and totals 2,325 acres (9.41 km2) in area, making it Oregon's seventh largest bay.[2] Of that, 812 acres (3.29 km2) are permanently submerged—the balance of 1,513 acres (6.12 km2) is intertidal land.[2] It experiences a maximum tidal range of 9 feet (3 m).  The bay is part of a watershed of 13 square miles (34 km2)[2] that is fed by at least 16 small creeks. From north to south, there is Fall Creek, Hodgdon Creek, O'Hara Creek, Rice Creek, two unnamed creeks, Yager Creek, three unnamed creeks, Whiskey Creek, an unnamed creek, Austin Creek, two unnamed creeks, and Jackson Creek."
- Netarts Bay 

 

"Oregon is blessed with the vision of former Governor Oswald West who legislated that all of Oregon’s coastline be accessible to everyone. This was remarkable foresight given the state’s sparse population in 1911. More than 150 years later we appreciate his commitment to beauty beholden to all."

"Another common question about our sandy beach is, “Why does sand squeak when you walk on it?” The answer is that the music is caused by friction from the sand grains rubbing against each other as we apply weight through our footsteps as we scoot our feet through the sand. However, there are certain conditions to be met. The type of sand that squeaks is usually a silicate, a feldspar, or a carbonate, the grains must be rounded (no sharp corners or edges), they should be around 300 micrometers in diameter, and they squeak best when they are dry (moisture on the grains acts as a lubricant, decreasing the friction)."
-  Jim Young, Oceanside, Oregon