We got up early and made it to Ecola Park-Indian Beach around 8:30 A.M. Low tide was at 8:46. Ideally when tidepooling you should get to your spot an hour or two before low tide. Since we got there right at low tide we only had limited time to view the marine life before water started coming back in.
There were TONS of starfish and anemone to see. There were also a lot of mussels. Here are some pics of the sea life.
Starfish and anemone
After tidepooling we walked along the beach and found whole sand dollars. We also watched about 25 surfers trying to catch waves. Man I can’t even imagine getting into that water–even with wet suits on–it was so frigid cold!
We also played on the beach. It warmed up around 11:00 and we were able to take our jackets off. Indian Beach is in the shape of a horseshoe with cliffs on both sides so we were pretty well protected from the wind.
After playing at Indian Beach we decided to go back to the Ecola Park Main entrance and find a few letterboxes. Niko fell asleep on the 5 minute drive so Jason stayed in the car while I went and found 2 boxes quickly.
Niko was still sleeping so we drove into Cannon Beach to find something to eat. Everything was packed and finding a parking spot took awhile. We finally decided to just get malts and not worry about having a proper lunch. After finishing our ice cream we walked to Cannon Beach and spent about an hour there watching the kites and people watching.
We will definitely be going back to Ecola State Park and doing some hiking in the future–and more letterboxing. There are a lot to be found in a small area.
A+ beach trip!
The trip to the beaches looks and sounds like a winner, for everyone. So glad it was such a success. You plan and have high expectations of how it is going to play out and in the end….it’s nothing but a crap-shoot. But this time you’s won the prize. Cudos. Thanks for the pic-s and the update of your schanigans…..Love it
Peace Out Jomamma Keep on Keeping on
By: Yaya on May 28, 2009
at 7:58 am