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	<title> &#187; Beaches</title>
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		<title>Low Tide Driving</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/02/low-tide-driving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2011/02/low-tide-driving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to see this Mercedes SUV navigating over sensitive tidelands habitat in the Des Moines area of Washington. I looked it up and found that it is, in fact, legal for residents of this area. As a transplanted Californian, I&#8217;ve been told a few times now to stay off the tidelands, low or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to Not Trespass</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/10/public-shoreline-access-on-puget-sound/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/10/public-shoreline-access-on-puget-sound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It shouldn&#8217;t be that tough, right? My first beach 2010 experience up in the PNW was during a minus-point-one low tide. That foggy Seattle morning, I ventured from a public beach into the way-out low tide. Normally, I wouldn&#8217;t go that far since I&#8217;m hesitant to mess with fragile sea things under my boots. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to Know Seattle (Again)</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/09/getting-to-know-seattle-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/09/getting-to-know-seattle-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2010 06:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Seattle & Vicinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hugh and I lived here for a time more than 20 eons ago, so we decided it was time to renew our acquaintance with the emerald north. ]]></description>
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		<title>Stormy Beach People</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/01/stormy-beach-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2010/01/stormy-beach-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rain & Storms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=3509</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a perfect fit with Northern California, loving the storm-whipped ocean as I do. From the shoreline, that is. Keeping my eye on that 7th wave. Wrapped in layers. Wishing I could still operate my camera while wearing gloves. Keeping the UV filter on for the saline mist. Loving every second of this El-Niño-driven swell. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mackerel Sky</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/08/a-mackerel-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/08/a-mackerel-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Weather]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to the Pacific to grab lunch at Nick&#8217;s and couldn&#8217;t have anticipated the prismatic cycles of yesterday&#8217;s sky. At first a mackerel sky, then buttery, then illuminated by flame. Here&#8217;s a reasonable representation of our afternoon under the clouds.]]></description>
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		<title>The Art in Bull Kelp</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/art-in-the-bull-kelp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/art-in-the-bull-kelp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flora]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never appreciated kelp until, 1) I first saw this particular monster of a kelp, and 2) I saw close-ups of kelp shot by better nature photographers than I -- capturing the golden palette of this gargantuan plant.

<a href="http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/07/art-in-the-bull-kelp/">[read the full post ...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Encounters With [the Elusive] California Beach Hopper</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/california-beach-hoppers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/california-beach-hoppers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sea Scale Snail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach hopper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mendocino County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Beach Hopper or Megalorchestia californiana As fleas go, they&#8217;re giants. Not giants in the sense of Bikini-Atoll-nuclear-mutant-gone-bad giants. But by flea standards, they&#8217;re positively huge &#8212; about 1 inch long. That&#8217;s probably because they&#8217;re not parasitic dog or cat fleas, but rather, amphipods &#8212; shrimp-like creatures who dine on organic matter at the outer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Mammal Viewing &#8212; From a Distance</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/if-its-a-marine-mammal-its-100-yards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/if-its-a-marine-mammal-its-100-yards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endangered Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harbor seals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine mammal protection act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[northern california]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=1173</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hugh and I had another knucklehead-versus-wildlife encounter this past week with a family on the Mendocino coast. We hiked over an unpopulated bluff and saw a mom and kids chasing a young sea lion across the rocks for a photo op. Their actions were forcing the young animal away from her resting spot, as she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splendor in the Low Tide</title>
		<link>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/splendor-in-the-low-tide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thefreequark.com/2009/06/splendor-in-the-low-tide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ingrid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fishing & Hunting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[abalone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thefreequark.com/?p=1195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An homage to Warren and Natalie &#8212; in title alone. There&#8217;s photographic magic in the sun rising over a super-low tide. At the point where dawn meets a -2.0, the strange, the stunning, the predictable and the chaotic all converge on that plane of tide pools, mudflats, and beach flea burrows. One of my favorite [...]]]></description>
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