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| Pollen-covered swampy area |
Steve had Friday off and it was ~74 degrees outside, so I skipped out on studying for the day and we went for a couple of hikes on Douglas Island - the Rainforest trail first, and the Outer Point loop trail second. Neither is very long, and they're pretty close to each other. We didn't see much wildlife - a couple of squirrels and about 3 dozen children on a school field trip. They probably were the reason we didn't see other wildlife. :)
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| The pollen culprits... |
The spruce trees are all releasing pollen right now, so everything is yellow. There's so many evergreen trees up here that you can actually see huge clouds of pollen *as it's being released*, it floats up like campfire smoke, but very yellow and kind of creepy looking (because it's such a vibrant yellow). The first time I saw it I thought there must be some sort of intense chemical fire, it was such a huge, yellow cloud, easily big enough to cover 4-5 city blocks. I've never had plant allergies, but this is enough to make even me sneeze.
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| Blue mussels near Outer Point |
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| Steve taking a break from exploring at low tide |
The low tides have been really low lately, which is fun for exploring tide pools.
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| The 'outer' part of Outer Point loop trail |
Saturday night we went to see a play and had dinner with friends. Fun!
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