These are some of the photos taken during our low tide summer walks down at the beach. This year (2002) has been quite exceptional with its variety of sea life, flounders, crabs, hermit crabs, starfish, seals, crayfish, jumping salmon, bullheads, smelt, jellyfish and even a long snout tube fish are just some to name a few. One cool experiance was the large flounder, often swimming so slow you could pick them up (check out the shots) we put everything back, and even saved a couple that were stranded by the receeding tide. The starfish were plentiful too with some of the more impressive ones appearing on this page. This was Rosies first summer at the low tides, she really enjoyed her self and swam for the first time! now she swims like a pro. All in all it was a fabulous summer with enough sunny memories to keep us warm throughout the coming winter months. Enjoy the photos.

click on any thumbnail pic to see it up close and in more detail.

       
heading down to the beach    the family at the beach   life's a beach saving a drowning stick  
     
yet another glorious morning... Gus catches a crab   you should have seen the one that got away!!   the chase is on 
     
must swim! swimming for the first time !!   mmmmmm....just splashing around swimming with the flounder 
       
 water, water every where what the heck is this!?   Lions Mane Jellyfish?    another shot 
 

 

 
  fishing for crabs

 Rosie checks out the mating crabs

  where's Waldo?
     
 what no fishing rod!! another flounder  and another flounder   and yet another flounder
   
lets all hold hands  green starfish  another shot  a couple of stars down on the beach
     
  that's a big starfish!!   purple starfish pink starfish  pink starfish with brown spots

 

 

seals, salmon and scenery 

view of Vancouver 

 

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