Salmon At Beaver Creek

 Today, I drove 9 miles up Beaver Creek to look at salmon that were reported to be spawning there.  The creek is quite small and the last 5 miles of road was a narrow gavel affair.  The salmon, which I think are Coho Salmon, were losing their red color and some were starting to get white patches as they weaken before dying.  I've seen a few salmon in our river this fall, but they are in deeper holes and hard to see.

These salmon were out in the ocean for about two years fattening up.  To return, they had to cross a beach on a very high tide in just inches of water to make their way back into little Beaver Creek, and then work their way 9 miles up the shallow creek full of obstacles to spawn and die.