Beach Hiking

With warm weather comes the ticks, and this year is looking to be a terrible one fill with these nasty little buggers.  In order to keep our exposure to ticks as minimal as possible, we will switch our hiking location to this beautiful beach that is one of a few which are dog friendly.  Part of the beauty of the warm weather is being able to enjoy the cool ocean water without freezing to death and Titan, often overheating and needing many breaks during our last few wood hikes, is finding these outings to be enjoyable again.

The amazing thing about the beach is the diverse wildlife it has, between the mammals, birds, and sea life you never know what you will find during a visit.  Below is some video and pictures of a few of the wildlife spotted during our hikes.

 

Tikaani and Miyu find the dead horseshoe crab shell to smell quite interesting.

Tetsu watching the horseshoe crab swim away

 

Horseshoe crab

Bloodworm

Titan also found us a live jellyfish, silly boy wanted to sniff it but unfortunately he can't breath in the water.


 

Under part of the boardwalk a local fox had a litter, the parents stayed pretty close as we passed by with the dogs.

Such a cute little kit

Pictures of the pups enjoying the sand and water:

Stay tuned for future pictures and videos of our fun on the beach.