Elkhorn Slough
Jeff and I treked to Elkhorn Slough today – a tidal salt marsh located in the middle of the Monterey Bay. Jeff had never hiked the park before, and I’ve been once before on a college science field trip a few years ago. It was really windy and cold – but despite the weather we had a good time and at the end were pretty warmed up by all the walking. Here are some pictures of our adventure.
The Elkhorn Barn was still up, and apparently harboring some barn owls. We looked but couldn’t find any.
Jeff still had fun.
The cool part about the slough is that you can walk right next to the water and see a lot of different kinds of birds.
Foamy salt water! A part of the loop trail we walked on had a grove of dead trees like this one. Then we noticed they had weird holes in the trunk of the tree.
What a peaceful walk it was. The moon was out too.
After Elkhorn Slough we stopped by Marina State beach to watch the sunset. There was a very very thick layer of fog – so we couln’t really see the sunset over the water. It was so windy, I think the birds were going crazy. There was so many of them flying all over the place.
All in all a good day. We’re lucky to live in such a beautiful place.