The new moon of Sept. 14 brings mid-morning high tides. This time of year, sand is still being pushed up onto the beaches. It will be scoured off in winter.
If you are scrambling down onto Kelham Beach, a remote stretch south of Limantour, you may see remnants of a dead gray whale decomposing. Triangular pieces of baleen from its upper mouth are in the sand. These pieces would have hung down from the top…