A -4.7 low tide was predicted for Sunday morning around 9am. Lowest tide of the year. That alone would have been enough to motivate us to get out and enjoy searching the tidal flats for sea critters. It also happened to be Mother's Day and sunny! We joined forces with our friends the Kellers and off we went to the Rainforest Trailhead on Douglas Island to hike the illusive footbridge to Shaman Island. The footbridge to Shaman Island only reveals itself at very low tides and if you walk out, you have to make sure you time your return before the footbridge is back under the water.
We found more sea critters than we could have imagined. In fact, at one point, I felt like I could hardly walk because everywhere I looked there was an anemone or star fish and I was worried I would crush them with each step. In the bottom left picture, can you spot the baby eel? Sometime when you talk to the girls, ask them what happens when you try to feed an eel to a sea anemone...(just a hint, it involves lots of people shrieking and laughing)
The kiddos really had a great time exploring and showing each other their finds.
I claimed this star fish as my own - purple!
Our favorite find of the morning had to be this big, beautiful sun star. The color was just breathtaking. I love that you ended up with two views: one from the phone I used to take a picture and one from our friend's phone capturing all our looks of "wow!"
With such a low tide we really did have a good couple hours to spend on the island but eventually it was time to head back to the big island. After we made our way across and were hiking back to the car, we kept turning around and watched the footbridge get smaller, and smaller, and smaller. To the point where we looked at the people remaining to cross and wondering how fast they could run.
Definitely a Mother's Day to remember!
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