Written by Eva, Sam, Addie, and Owen

It was an earlier morning than usual, since we were going tide pooling. We had the same breakfast we’ve had for the past forever, but it still hit the same. With an early start, we headed to Deadman’s Bay for low tide.

We arrived before the lowest tide so we could have more time exploring all of the diverse tidepools. We found many different organisms down at the bay, such as sea stars, sea urchins, crabs, and much more.

After our time in the tidepools, we had a nice lunch with a view on the beach.

We visited the farmer’s market in town and all the stalls of produce, artisan baked goods, and handmade art.

We then made our way back to the dorms to get a talk on invertebrate phyla from Adam. After a great lecture on all the invertebrates in the Salish Sea, we were introduced to our personal projects, and what resources we will be able to use for our end-of-course presentation. Afterwards, we sat down and brainstormed and prepared for an amazing dinner prepped by our fellow friends. Tonight we plan to have a wonderful talk from Shauna Barrows, she works for the land bank on San Juan Island. She does lots of ecosystem restoration in the island and keeps it looking as beautiful as it does. https://www.hometrust.org/shauna-barrows