The gate was locked again, but someone gave Don the code to get in. We now have the code! If you need it contact me back channel.

It took a little effort to find something to play in, but there were some moving water opportunities and a lot of smiling faces throughout the day. One of those was at the deep pool.

There wasn't enough water to paddle into the Big Pool, but the Deep Pool was open with a nice current flowing in and out of over the rim. We played there for quite a while. I de-boated and put a rock into my tow belt bag to sound out the depth. Don and I did a couple of soundings from the rocks and Drew did a couple more from his kayak. We came up with a depth of 14 or 15 feet.

I must admit I was pretty disappointed. I was hoping for at least 25 feet. Still, if you take a look at that structure even 15 feet is remarkable. We've been paddling there for years and assumed it was only a few feet deep. I'm still hoping with further probing we'll find a deeper spot. Don't ask me why.

Vickie found a creature that we are calling a Sea Slug in a tide pool at Rest Point. It was huge and had a body shape exactly like a land snail without a shell. It was about 8 inches long, 3.5 inches in diameter, and a dull green color. A search on Yahoo identified it as Aplysia californica and the web photo was actually taken in Palos Verdes. They can reach 30", but most are about half of that. Apparently ours was a little undersized. It was very difficult to see in the water because it just looked like a rock.

Anyway, since none of us had brought any lunch we considered eating it, but lacking any means of cooking it, eventually let it go unmolested.

Steve Brown