Palmer Cove

We finally made it back to Palmer Cove for some nature journaling, and as with our last trip, Mother Nature was kind to us!  Despite frost on the cars early this morning, there was no wind and the sun was shining and kept us warm as we explored the cove for something interesting to draw.  We also lucked out with a really low tide, exposing lots of tide pools and tons of periwinkles.  No crabs today--where have they gone?

As we approached the beach, one of the primates called out, "There's a dog on the beach!"  We quickly realized the scraggly, skinny creature sadly scratching his ears on the shore was no dog--it was a wild fox.  What a sighting!  Not something we expected to see at the beach!  It was sad to see the little guy slink off as we waited and watched--clearly he was not in the best of health, but the fox was subject for many primates' journal entries, and we definitely felt lucky to see him.  Check it out: