Seattle is just now starting to warm up. As you can see in the picture above from last week my sis-in-law, Katherine, and Z-man are wearing coats! It had to be mid 60s for the high that day. Crazy huh?! I'll take it over 90s any day. I'm a total wimp.
That said, with company in town we were hoping for more summer like weather. How great would it be to order the weather like a burger? No such luck... Z wanted to go to the beach and "touch the water" so off we went to Alki Beach. I know what you're thinking "Is this a rerun?" Well, yes kind of. Wait, but don't change channels yet! I promise this episode is different.
We did go to the water and the same coffee shop for lunch. That's true. This time after lunch we took a long walk to Alki Point because we could tell the tide was low. Turns out the Seattle Aquarium has naturalists out along the beach on the point during extreme low tides armed with their glossy books ready to point out the cool things to look for under rocks and hiding in the sand and water. It was a BLAST! I geeked out and even snapped a picture of Kat and Z with one naturalist that was super helpful.
The tide is so low you walk out about 50 yards over what would normally be the sound floor. Along the way crabs squirt water up in the air so they can sink further into the sand. This move is in attempt to not get eaten. People watch for the squirting and race to try and dig the crab up before it gets too deep to catch. Not my bag. Blach!
There were tons of starfish! Big ol purple ones clinging to rocks! There were sea cucumbers hiding under rocks (didn't get a picture). Did I say already how much fun we had? Deja Vu? hmmm. After the field trip we took Ed and Kat to Starbucks, of course. Z got a doughnut and was so relaxed and happy. It was a perfect day!
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