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Here's
that little island. This is taken from our great campsite (of which
we don't have any really good pictures), looking out at low tide.
This is shortly after our arrival... about 11 a.m., Saturday.
Don't be fooled... that ground is
moving with all sorts of sea life. |
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I
forced Leanne and Petey out to a jut of land directly across from camp -
about 100 meters away.
It was a good start to our
exploration of tidal pools. |
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It's
nice you can't tell how ashy my legs really are.
Petey was fascinated (and confused)
at all the tiny crabs that would scurry about when you moved the
rocks. He would have caught one, I'm sure - but Leanne kept warning
him about the pinching. And in customary Petey fashion, I wanted to
put a crab on that dawg's head... but Leanne intercepted that one too...
Where is the fun to be had? |
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Walking
around tidal pools is tough business. Here we came across a big,
rusted metal... uh... floaty thing? I have no idea what this thing
does, but it apparently escaped from someplace or something, as I don't
think the ocean coughs up big, rusty, salty balls (often).
It was quite a journey to get out
to it... it was a couple hundred meters away from camp. |
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No,
I'm not an elf. |
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Remeber
that little island? Well, we decided to walk around it and this was
the backside (ocean side). It was FABULOUS, if not a bit scary - the
tide was coming in.
We did see a dead sea lion pup that
was crushed against the rocks... but I'm happy to report that Leanne was
NOT allowed to photograph that poor beast.
Yeah, I'm fat. |
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Here's
a starfish grotto. These were all over the place surrounding that
backside of the island. |
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And
the tide came in. From that same spot at our camp, here's high
tide... though it's not the highest tide. I missed that due to sleep
that overtook me when we sat on the beach to read.
It was the best sleep I got the
entire weekend. |
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Back
at camp... Leanne climbs a tree to manipulate the rope that will suspend
our foodstuffs during the night. |
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This
is the closest we come to a camp picture. The site was sooooo
beautiful - yet we didn't photograph it. In the background, you can
see our tent.
We both got too much sun that
weekend.
We both realize just how much
weight we have gained over the past 8 months of knowing one-another.
Petey just wants another strawberry
newton. |
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