Monday, February 28, 2011

Out of the Sun and into the Punch Bowl

Day two at the beach condo started with a little rain. We expected that. But the rain didn’t seem serious about anything, until we were about to head out the door for a short walk… when it started to hail. Sadness.

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Just north of Devil’s Punch Bowl is a “marine garden.” It is a nice collection of tide pools and pretty marine plants. If it weren’t so cold it would have been fun to wade through. As it was, I kept my shoes on and Dana did a little exploring in the water.

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From the marine garden you can get into Devil’s Punch Bowl. This is a panoramic picture Dana took of the inside of the bowl. It has lots of pretty colors (and three entrances) and is only accessible at low tide.

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This is what the path to the entrance looks like.

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The cliffs are all very neat and have little features and small caves.

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Dana tried to find a sea urchin, but we couldn’t find any. Sad smile. Eventually we found a few starfishes. This one was a go-getter.

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And even though this looks like it was taken the day before, the sun did come out for a few minutes as we finished our exploration.

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As we drove out of town we stopped at Seal Rocks. Dana climbed up them with ease and down them with difficulty, but he made it in one piece, for which I am grateful.

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Thanks, Dad and Terry for inviting us and giving us yummy food at the beach!

1 comment:

Cat and Blake Potter said...

love all your homemade goodies and your adventures :) Goodluck with the upcoming weeks, it's fabulous! But if it's hard too, don't fret, cause the fabulous part of the hard part makes it ok!! haha i make great sense i know.