Christine July 15th, 2008
This is my niece’s daughter, Allison, who had her first beach trip with us at the age of 10.5 months. (They did not camp but stayed at a motel nearby.) The baby really liked the dried sea kelp she found on the beach over just about everything we tried to feed her. Mnmmm Yummy. (No, Allison not everything goes in your mouth!) She has two teeth and is just now learning about crackers and mushed pears. I’ll have to mention to my niece to try and add this particular sea food to her diet!
Christine May 22nd, 2008
Here is another close-up on a varied scale of the Pacific ocean shore in Washington State. You can see some rocks which have been broken off of larger sandstone boulders, still bearing the evidence of our little friend the Piddock clam. That’s the creature responsible for all the rock drilling! You can learn about these boring clams here. This particular Piddock lives for about eight years and never stops burrowing. We have seen some impressive rock work on the open beach shore especially at low tide. It might be sandstone and somewhat soft, but these are still rocks. A clam can bore a lot of stone in eight years, grain by grain. Some of these clams can live out of the mud and water for quite a long time.
