Welcome to the bar of Bay City!
Image from Google Maps
Please note, the terrain of 3 is due to the last 50 feet. It may be possible to do without walking out to the posted coordinates, in which case you will be on paved/boarded walkways. If this is the case, it can be considered handicap accessible.
At these coordinates, you are standing on the southernmost edge of a Baymouth bar. A Baymouth bar is a landform created by the wave and wind actions of the large body of water (in this case, the Saginaw Bay). This bar started out as a spit.
Spits are formed because of long shore drift. This is the movement of sediments caused by the waves hitting the land at an angle. The waves carry sediments around a headland (where the shape of the land changes). It gets deposited, and the next wave carries more sediment. The spit continues to grow in length. If the spit successfully closes off a section, it is called a Baymouth bar. The formation of the this bar created the Tobico Marsh.
To log this earthcache, it is REQUIRED that you send me a message or email me the answers to the following questions:
What the bar is made out of (rock, dirt, sand?)
What is on the Baymouth bar north of where you are standing?
Please do not post the answers in your log or your log will be deleted.
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