An Early Morning Paddle
July 4th (Saturday) This morning we were up at 06:00, and although it was cloudy it was also a perfectly calm and beautiful morning. We headed out for a low-tide paddle. At around 07:00 it was a 1.3-foot tide and we made our way along the shore looking at everything. There were so many different types of kelp and seaweed, many types of snails – some with very ornate shells, starfish, sea anemone, giant pacific chitons, sea slugs, and goby fish, to name just a few. White spotted rose anemone It is always nice to kayak at low tide, especially when the water is calm and we can not only see what is exposed above the surface, but also look into the shallow water, which is usually covered in 10-15 feet of water. It is like looking into the best salt-water aquarium. We made our way out to the far end of the Rage Reefs and we made our way back along the inner side of the many ...