Beverly's Palm Beach Cleanup - Part 2

My friend Beverly spent days of her vacation in Palm Beach, Florida doing Daily Ocean style beach cleanups and sending me her findings. I have already posted Part 1, here is Part 2 which spans three days.

Being from the N.E. United States, I am sure that when she looks at her pictures today this sunny, beach world will feel far away as she wades through a few feet of snow to work.

I look forward to her next contribution to the Community Count Collection invitation that I have put out there for those of you who read this blog. So far each of Beverly's cleanups make me smile, and inspire me to continue on with the work I have started here. I think maybe because at the heart of the Daily Ocean is my desire to pull people together to protect our oceans, and remind them just how magnificent our only planet is. Thanks Beverly! Stay warm!

Thanks again to Surfrider of Palm Beach Co. for your friendly assistance to Beverly as she combed your beaches.

Community Collection Count - Beverly

Palm Beach Florida

Day 21, 22 & 23

9.9 pounds

153.4 total pounds

The Daily Ocean – Florida Week 2 – Jupiter, Delray Beach and Ocean Reef Park

1/27/10

Jupiter – Unnamed Beach North of Jupiter Inlet – 2 lbs. 15 oz. Collected

Jupiter Beach Park is south of Jupiter Inlet, but I ended up north of Jupiter Inlet on a beach that’s accessible but not marked. I was driving along, parked by the side of the road and walked in to investigate. This was a quiet, peaceful, deserted beach except for several gulls and a lone fisherman. ‘What’s this beach called?’ I asked him. ‘No name; I call it North of Jupiter Inlet Beach, or Rocks Beach.’ There is a rock formation off one end of the beach and gulls were flocking around it, the sun behind them. As I walked along the shore, I saw some small sea urchins that had washed up on the beach, and very little trash. This is a fairly isolated spot. Close to sunset toward the end of the day, it was quiet perfection.

1/27/10

Jupiter – Unnamed Beach North of Jupiter Inlet – 2 lbs. 15 oz. Collected

Jupiter Beach Park is south of Jupiter Inlet, but I ended up north of Jupiter Inlet on a beach that’s accessible but not marked. I was driving along, parked by the side of the road and walked in to investigate. This was a quiet, peaceful, deserted beach except for several gulls and a lone fisherman. ‘What’s this beach called?’ I asked him. ‘No name; I call it North of Jupiter Inlet Beach, or Rocks Beach.’ There is a rock formation off one end of the beach and gulls were flocking around it, the sun behind them. As I walked along the shore, I saw some small sea urchins that had washed up on the beach, and very little trash. This is a fairly isolated spot. Close to sunset toward the end of the day, it was quiet perfection.

1/29/10

Ocean Reef Park (Riviera Shores) – 2 lbs. 9.3 oz Collected

Just got back from a walk up the beach to Ocean Reef Park – it’s my last day in Florida for this trip. It’s a pretty beach, guarded, and there are the same variety of gulls on the beach as at Palm Beach Municipal Beach. Shark activity today means no swimming, and as I walk along the beach, I see a fish leap out of the water, swirl in a playful corkscrew and dive back in. The shape is long and black with a white stomach and a pronounced tail – I decide it’s a shark even though I don’t know if sharks can leap. I keep watching but no more leaps out of the water. I pick up more bottle caps, plastic bags, and straws. It’s a sunny morning, light wind and lots of activity – birds, beachgoers and fishing boats nearby.