We go for a bicycle ride every morning. Fortunately, there is a lot to see in the area, so it is always more than just exercise. This tidal flat is a part of a lovely estuary connected to Yaquina Bay.
Nearby is the Oregon State University Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center. It is a beautiful facility across the road from the NOAA facility shown in a previous blog. According to Ted, Senator Hatfield was one of the last senators who deserved to have anything other than a trash dump named after him.
Oregon State University has an excellent marine science program. Their Marine Engineering program has several different experimental devices in an offshore area designed to generate power from wave action. We saw these bouys come in on a semi as we pulled into the RV park and wondered if they were a part of that program.
We wondered what these devices were. Their rusty patina seemed to indicate that they had some kind of story to tell.
There were people out clamming on the flats near the Hatfield center. We thought, however, that they may have been researchers because they appeared to be measuring and documenting what they were seeing.
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