We wanted to attend a National Park ranger program on tidepools on the Maine coast, but the timing of the tides precluded a ranger program when we could attend. So we chatted with a park ranger, who told us that the program is run right at Ship Harbor, which is a very short bicycle ride away from our campground. We checked the tide charts and found that low tide this morning would be 9:50 am. We headed over to the beach to look around.
We weren't disappointed! There were many beautiful tidepools filled with colorful life - mainly types of seaweed and grasses, snails, barnacles and other mollusks. However, another beachgoer pointed out to Kathy a starfish in the corner of one pool, and we were able to snap a photo:
The day was brilliant, and we also had some great views out to the ocean, as the following one of two sailboats bobbing offshore:
The tidepools provided their own color to the beaches. The underlying rock is pink granite which, while it looks more black than pink when it's wet, carried such colorful plant life that sections of the beach were a riot of colors against a blue sea and a blue sky:
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