HIke with Dad to Crescent Beach 13March 2007

I (Dad) took Eva on my back in the Ergo down the trail from the Ecola Point parking lot to Crescent Beach yesterday. The trail route is very beautiful with large Sitka Spruces and Sword Ferns. We played on the beach. Eva investigated rocks, driftwood, gulls, and waterfalls. We saw one Surfbird.

On the way back we paused to look under a log and found a Red-backed Salamander. Notice that it is mustard yellow rather than red on its back. This is just a different phenotype that the Plethodon vehiculum can show. Interestingly, yesterday we found one with the typical red back at The Cove in Seaside.

We I took a photo of us at one of the viewpoints using the self timer on the camera. Just afterwards, to my surprise a parasailer glided in from around to the north. We waved and so did he. It was a pretty cool thing for both of us to see.

I thought the wind-blown tree broke in an interesting pattern and so included that picture too. As we were driving back to Cannon Beach we stopped to look at some Wapiti cows that had crossed the road. This was Eva's first time seeing Elk and she was quite excited.

You can see Cannon Beach with famous Haystack Rock in the background of the second photo. The parasailer is coming from the north heading south from Ecola Point.