{"id":10551,"date":"2025-12-02T22:57:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=10551"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T05:57:50","slug":"salmon-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/02\/salmon-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Salmon Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Early last month, I attended the Sonoma County Autumn Photo Workshop hosted by Derrick Story. Our first location was the beach at Salmon Creek. There was a large accumulation of driftwood that was spread over the beach.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0003-Beach-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0003-Beach-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek\" class=\"wp-image-10544\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Beach Driftwood, Salmon Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This driftwood provided plenty of resources to construct shelters along the beach. This was one of server shelters that we found.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0086-Driftwood-Shelter-Salmon-Creek.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0086-Driftwood-Shelter-Salmon-Creek\" class=\"wp-image-10547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0086-Driftwood-Shelter-Salmon-Creek.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0086-Driftwood-Shelter-Salmon-Creek-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Driftwood Shelter, Salmon Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Crawling into the shelter, I captured this image looking out of the shelter towards the pacific ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0083-Looking-Out-Of-Driftwood-Shelter.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0083-Looking-Out-Of-Driftwood-Shelter\" class=\"wp-image-10546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0083-Looking-Out-Of-Driftwood-Shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0083-Looking-Out-Of-Driftwood-Shelter-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Looking Out Of Driftwood Shelter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There were a variety of methods used to construct these shelters. I found this cord that was used to bind driftwood.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0015-Driftwood-Shelter-Binding-Detail.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0015-Driftwood-Shelter-Binding-Detail\" class=\"wp-image-10550\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Driftwood Shelter Binding Detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Included among the driftwood were several strands of kelp that were washed up onto the beach. The following image reminds me of the Borg Queen!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0071-Driftwood-And-Kelp-Salmon-Creek.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0071-Driftwood-And-Kelp-Salmon-Creek\" class=\"wp-image-10555\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Driftwood And Kelp, Salmon Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Several pieces of driftwood had been buried below the beach sands. I found this large piece of partially buried driftwood.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0093-Buried-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek.jpg\" alt=\"3278-0093-Buried-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek\" class=\"wp-image-10548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0093-Buried-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3278-0093-Buried-Driftwood-Salmon-Creek-768x560.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buried Driftwood, Salmon Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After leaving the beach, we headed farther up the coast. Here I captured an image looking  back towards Salmon Creek.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3279-0007-Salmon-Creek.jpg\" alt=\"3279-0007-Salmon-Creek\" class=\"wp-image-10549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3279-0007-Salmon-Creek.jpg 800w, https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3279-0007-Salmon-Creek-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Salmon Creek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early last month, I attended the Sonoma County Autumn Photo Workshop hosted by Derrick Story. Our first location was the beach at Salmon Creek. There was a large accumulation of driftwood that was spread over the beach. 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