萨丽珊沙咀 Salishan Spit

笔尔

萨丽珊沙咀一直是一个非常神秘的地方，很多人见过，很少人去过。在喧嚣的林肯城，坐在Ｍo’s 餐厅就能看见海湾对面静静的沙咀，和沙咀尖滩上懒洋洋午睡的海豹们。

沙咀是在海边江河口冲击而成的沙洲沉积地貌。

萨丽珊沙咀的东侧是斯勒茨海湾，西侧是太平洋。

The Salishan Spit is a sand spit separating Siletz Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It's located in Lincoln County, on the coast of Oregon. (Map)

南部和陆地相连的沙咀底是萨丽珊高尔夫度假村。而整个沙咀除了沙滩（在本州所有沙滩都是公有的）都是高尔夫度假村的私家领地。

It is attached at the south end to land occupied by the golf resort and gated community of Salishan. 

萨丽珊沙咀从南底到北尖的距离是三英里。

Three miles to the north, it terminates at "the jaws," the mouth of Siletz Bay, across fast-moving tidal water from the beach in the Taft district of Lincoln City.

太平洋侧的长沙滩是对公众开放的，但沙滩的公共入口在Gleneden Beach, 从那里到沙咀尖要在沙滩上走四英里。

The seaward side of the Salishan Spit is a long sandy beach, accessible to the public via beach accesses in Gleneden Beach, or by a nature trail that begins at a parking lot at The Shops at Salishan mini-mall. 

这就是为什么沙咀上这么安静，没有几个人愿意走那么长啊。

The beach along the spit can be less crowded than other nearby beaches, because of the walk to get there.

这里真的没人呢

只有海鸟

北端的沙咀尖就是斯勒茨河狭窄的入海口，也是林肯城的人们隔岸所看到的海豹的栖息之地。由于河口是三文鱼争先回游的咽喉要道，海豹们守在这里就像老母猪掉进了泔水缸，那可是得吃得喝啊！

A colony of harbor seals resides at the end of the spit, where the jaws constrict the passage of fish and provide easier hunting. 

海豹在这里代代繁育，从不离开，所以任何时候到这里或对面的林肯城来看海豹，都不会失望的。

Seals range offshore along the beach, and it's common to see their rounded heads pop out of the water to observe humans on the beach. 

必须和海豹保持50码以上的距离，否则非法。

Keep well away (and keep dogs on leash) if you reach the end of the spit; interfering with the seals is both illegal and poor planetary citizenship. 

但是总有不守规矩的！

但人们最好还是遵纪守法，因为据说海豹们携带寄生虫钩状螺旋体，和他们太亲近会传染的哦🤓

Local seals carry leptospirosis, which can infect (and kill) both humans and dogs.