We spent New Year's Eve afternoon with the Christensen's at Crystal Cove. The Christensen's told us about a Ranger-guided tour of the tide pools. New Year's Day was the lowest tide of the year at -1.7. When we got to the cove we found out that the Ranger was taking us about a 1/2 mile farther up the coast, just north of Crystal Cove to Treasure Cove. Normally the Ranger tour is at Crystal Cove because Treasure Cove is inaccessible most of the year, but because the tide was so low, we were able to hike into Treasure Cove. The tide pools there were amazing! We saw sea hairs, sea anemones, fish, sea urchin, sea stars, an abalone shell, 5 octopus, dolphins and all the regular stuff like hermit crabs and seashells.
Shane, Jessica (and Jake - yes, my tummy is getting big!)
Jared trying to get a closer look at a sea star in a pool of sea urchins, surrounded by mussels.
Shane playing with an octopus (its tentacle is wrapped around his finger)
An octopus - the favorite creature of the day.
Serenity taking it easy.
A wall of spiny purple sea urchins.
Serenity holding a big sea urchin shell.
Sunset at Crystal Cove.
2 comments:
Oh I am jealous. That looks like a ton of fun. I can't believe the octapus. Do you know if that time of the year is the only time it is accessible? Are the tide pools close to you guys? Oh and your hair seems so long, it is really cute!!!!!
I don't know how many times a year treasure cove is accessible....just on the days that the tide is really low. I'm sure it would be a few times a year. It was about an hour drive from our house.
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