Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Cypress Island

Pack pack pack, paddle paddle paddle, unpack unpack unpack, set up camp.

09-CampViewNorth

Pack pack pack, hike hike hike, swim swim swim.

17-BradberryLilypads

Hike hike hike, unpack unpack unpack, eat and sleep.

19-CampViewNorthMorning

Pack pack pack, paddle paddle paddle, wait while other people hike hike hike, paddle paddle paddle, unpack unpack unpack.

27-CampViewSunsetCloudsReflect

Eat and sleep.

32-CampSeastar

Take down camp, pack pack pack, paddle paddle paddle, rest, paddle paddle paddle, rest and eat, paddle paddle paddle, unpack unpack unpack. Whew!

40-SeamensMemorialParkAnke

5 comments:

mamurd said...

Oooh! Pisaster ochraceus!! Did you see any other cool critters?

The lilypad picture is very pretty.

Sotosoroto said...

A peach-colored big seastar, as well.

And a couple kinds of anemones.

And chitons that look like rocks.

And tons of limpets. And oysters.

And jellyfish.

And a porpoise!

Pedicularis said...

But Mamurd, you said my beautiful katydid or cricket was "ew" but this ugly sea critter is "cool"???

Reminds me, I once had a friend who frequently commented, "There is no accounting for taste."

mamurd said...

Ped, your cricket was gross. The seastar was cool. It's just that simple!

Soto:

I think the peach-colored seastar is the same species as the purple one. (Thank you for calling a "seastar", btw!)

I'm pretty sure the first "anenome" is a actually a sea cucumber. (I think. It's a little hard to tell from the picture.) I'm having a hard time identifying the second one. Maybe Urticina crassicornis? Was the trunk part of it yellow with red spots? I couldn't really tell from the picture. But I really like the underwater picture.

The jellyfish pic is also awesome.

Porpoises? They have vertebrae. Boring!!

Sotosoroto said...

I thought it might be a sea cucumber, but when I got home, I looked online and didn't find any photos of sea cucumbers that looked like that. I did find some long, skinny anemones, so that's what I called it.

Sea cucumber don't grab on with one end, do they?

I think part of it is that it's out of the water and can't keep its shape.