Naturalist Trip - Alki Point

9:30am  Meet at "The Intertidal World" art installation at the SW  Spokane St, West End (google map link , also shown in the picture, below) where we'll review the artist-rendered field guide posted there and talk about the ecology of the intertidal zone before venturing into the intertidal area.  Parking is not time limited on Beach Drive directly in front of the beach; however, it being a low tide day, parking there  may be limited. Another good place to park is along 63th Ave SW.  Public restrooms are located near the intersection of  63rd Ave SW and Alki Ave SW, about 0.4 mile walk from our meeting location (along 63rd, ~20 minute round trip walk).

• -3.5 low tide is at  ~11:09am
• In this Dropbox link are 2 field guides (one from Seattle Aquarium, one from UW), class material from Mountaineers Intro to Natural World course and an excel spreadsheet of July observations downloaded from iNaturalist  (LINK)
• This video from Seattle Aquarium provides tips for visiting the intertidal zone  (LINK)
• Detailed information will be provided to those on the roster approximately 1 week before the trip
• Trip will be rescheduled or cancelled, if hazardous conditions or beach closure occurs. Low tides also occur on Aug 2, 3, 29 and 30.