The Tidal Pools

This week Claire and I took a little trip to some tidal pools in North Seattle, at Carkeek Park. It was a cool, breezy overcast day--the type that always threatens to rain but never does. We went with my friend Cheryl and her little girl, Katelynn. We got there right before low tide at 11:00, just in time to see some really cool things. We probably wouldn't have found half of the marine life we did if it wasn't for the help of some young kids who were also there on a summer camp. They pointed us in all the right directions.
We saw crabs, starfish, anemones, hermit crabs and little fish.
I learned a few things too. 1) the tide comes back in really fast and 2) it does not bode well if you are a crab or startfish and you are out in the open at low tide. I don't think we saw a single crab that hadn't somehow been mauled/ torn apart/ partially eaten by a seagull. The smart ones hide under the rocks.
Overall, it was a lot of fun! We plan on going back. :)

Cheryl and Katelynn

Anemone

Sea Stars aka starfish

He looks ok, but he's not alive :(

The culprit