A couple of days ago I decided to take the dogs for a walk on the beach rather than into the park. I was hoping to collect some alaria to make a seaweed salad (click here for old seaweed salad post). But the tide was not quite low enough to get down to where the good seaweed grows. Also, judging by the size of the seaweed sprouts I did see, I do not think the alaria is quite big enough yet to harvest. I might have to wait until late April.
With the tide high I was confined to the top of the beach just below our house. I had to climb up onto the rocks to skirt some areas of deep water. The doggies did not like this and were forced to swim in places. But before they did the plunge and swam they did the whole, 'Nngggg, nngghh' whine and claws on the rocks thing. Awkward doggie climbing poses!
Judging by the amount of torn up kelp on the beaches you can see that we have had our share of storms this winter. I also checked out the tide pools for anemones. The beach and cliffs made a nice break from our usual green forest hikes in the park. Patrick
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