Tide-pooling on a Misty Monday

Wedding Rock

    It's was the Monday before finals week and my significant other and I were feeling stressed to the max, so we decided to forget our obligations for the day and spend the morning tide-pooling at Patrick's Point State Park. First we hiked to the glorious vista atop Wedding Rock and from there we took the Rim Trail to Patrick's Point for a peek and then climbed down to the base of Rocky Point just in time for low tide. We spotted numerous orange, red, and purple starfish and aquamarine anemones. We saw tiny striped fish and even the monstrous Sunflower Star swimming with the current. Finally the huge crashing waves became too prevalent to ignore so we booked it out of there fast, making our way along the Rim Trail to Palmer's Point for the sweeping view at the end.

The start of The Rim Trail

Leading to Patrick's Point

Walking through the coastal rainforest is dream-like... as if the bunnies hopping along the trail should be wearing waistcoats.

This is Rocky Point where there are always sea lions honking nearby... This is where we went tide-pooling

Sunflower Star, so beautiful!

Anemone

A mama and her baby grazing at Palmer's Point

The following pictures were taken while tide-pooling at Palmer's Point and Trinidad Beach on different occasions...