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Empty shells
lay everywhere, in pairs and by themselves. There were so many
shapes and sizes.
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Here's a rock
covered with tiny shells which have grown right into it.
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And
on the underside of overhangs were jellyfish and anemones, not as
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A
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Sand dollars
have no arms or legs but move around by tiny spines on their body.
Sand dollars are usually found lying in a bed buried under a layer
of sand.
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They are a
slow moving grazer that feeds on disintegrating organic material
found within their sand beds.
I have never
seen so many sand dollars in a single place before.
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At the edge
of the beach as we headed towards the trail, we stopped to take
a picture of this honeysuckle-like flower on a bush.
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I loved this
little pair, lurking in the shade beneath one of the large, mossy
trees.
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We ate our
lunch on a bench at Point No Point Park, looking out at the bluffs
on the south end of Whidbey Island.
We also watched
a silly kid getting daddy's SUV towed out of the sand. He'd tried
to ignore the NO DRIVING ON THE BEACH rule and he paid the price,
literally! :)
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Here's
Point No Point Lighthouse, located at the pretty town of Hansville.
It's been in operation since the late 1800s, first using a kerosene
lamp until the Fresnel lens was ready.
The engine
which drove the foghorn is still present but not working as the
foghorn is now electric.
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