{"id":8421,"date":"2025-07-08T00:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=8421"},"modified":"2025-07-08T00:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T00:58:42","slug":"day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/day-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 8: A Beacon of Pristine Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Salish Sea Sciences’ hike to Turn Point Light House on Stuart Island, Sunday, July 6th, 2025. By: Asher, and Miles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our second day on Stuart Island, we woke bright and early, (mostly) ready to go on a three mile hike to Turn Point Lighthouse! After breakfast, we prepared for the hike, and headed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ghost plants<\/a> on the hike (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two mosses: an acrocarp (moss that goes up, not out), left, versus a pleurocarp <\/a>(moss that goes out, not up) (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We stopped, shortly after setting out, to look around the old Stuart Island Schoolhouse and the historical museum there. We learned all about the former residents of Stuart Island and facts about the current living conditions on the islands. After that, we continued on the trail where we found a great view of Mount Baker, an impressive sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view of Mount Baker (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once at Turn Point, we had a delicious lunch of pita sandwiches and looked at the view for a while\u2014some of us were lucky enough to see a harbor seal playing in the bull kelp. After lunch, we took a small guided tour of the lighthouse keeper\u2019s quarters. We hung around for a while longer, looking at tide pools, birds, plants, kelp, and the like.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The view from Turn Point Lighthouse (Photo from Mira)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Noam on a rock, majestically (Photo by Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We then hiked back to the campsite and got several hours to relax before one of our science directors, Maya, gave an interesting talk about kelp. The talk, though, was interrupted by a river otter swimming by, which we took delight in watching. We then got some more time to rest and socialize, before a delicious dinner (pasta, both pesto and red sauce).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Damn charismatic megafauna, distracting everyone from the algae (an otter examining a log) (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The otter swimming away in Reed Harbor, Stuart Island (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After dinner, many of us stayed up late to stargaze, despite having to get up at 7 am the next morning. The stars were beautiful and a lovely way to close out a trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sunset from Stuart Island (Photo from Mira)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stars (+ Trevor) (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The stars behind Douglas firs (Photo from Orrin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Salish Sea Sciences’ hike to Turn Point Light House on Stuart Island, Sunday, July 6th, 2025. By: Asher, and Miles On our second day on Stuart Island, we woke bright and early, (mostly) ready to go on a three mile hike to Turn Point Lighthouse! After breakfast, we prepared for the hike, and headed out. We stopped, shortly after setting out, to look around the old Stuart Island Schoolhouse and the historical museum there. We learned all about the former residents of Stuart Island and facts about the current living conditions on the islands. After that, we continued on the trail where we found a great view of Mount … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8421"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8443,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8421\/revisions\/8443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}