Today we drove out to Newport (a coastal town) at low tide. Another REU student in my lab needed to collect some cores from an anoxic location, and of course I volunteered to help. The location we went to was a mud flat covered in algae.
After getting stuck in the mud, we drove to the Yaquina Lighthouse and poked around the tidal pools.
After getting stuck in the mud, we drove to the Yaquina Lighthouse and poked around the tidal pools.
California mussels
Sea urchins 
Not many sea stars in the tidal pools due to an epidemic of a disease known as sea star wasting disease.
We had a lovely lunch at a
small bakery; I really enjoy the abundance of bakeries in Oregon. I
also appreciate that coffee shops usually have as many options for tea
as they do coffee.
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