Ahoy everyone! Sorry for the missing blog posts, the past few days have been a bit busy, but here we are again! So for Monday, on May 7, we started the day off with an Intertidal Walk. Two guides, Lisa and Ingrid, from the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center took us on an education walk on the beach during the lowest tide of the year. The big moon's effect on the water pulled the tide out so far that we were able to sea amazing sea creatures  that surface "when the water and land meet". We saw ribbon kelp, acid kelp, billions of barnacles, green, purple, and neon red starfish, octopus, crabs, anemones (Christmas ones are red with green strips), etc. It was so cool to be so far out into the water and to have the chance to see the bottom of the ocean floor!
After the walk, we went to the "Two Sisters Cafe" for lunch. It was a nice cafe with a hipster feel. It happened to be meatless Monday and all the food was vegan or vegetarian, needless to say, Heather was in Heaven! We sat on the back deck to eat and dry off in the warm sun. We returned to the Islands and Ocean Visitor Center to attend a lecture on Oil Spill Clean Up Efforts. It was interesting and we learned that we have gotten better with quick and efficient response, but not where we should be.
For dinner, we ate fish chowder that I cooked, I'm glad to hear that it was liked. Chicken stir fry was made by a group of students and it was delicious! We had movie night and had our mind blown from watching Inception! Great movie!! Tuesday is going to be a day of history!

-Alexis-