Fans of "The O.C." television soap opera will recognize the Wayfarer's Chapel as the location of Julie and Caleb's wedding, Caleb's funeral, and Julie and Bullet's called-off wedding.
The view over the ocean to the Catalina Islands:
Across the street from the Wayfarer's Chapel is Abalone Cove, an excellent place to explore tidepools:
Purple anemones in the tidepools (each of these were about 2"-4" across):
Here is a brown starfish with a large green anemone on top of it and three little purple anemones underneath:
A little orange starfish with my hand for scale:
I've never seen a sea slug like this before - it was brown, about 10" long, and was waiving its tentacle things around:
Here is a map of Rancho Palos Verdes with Abalone Cove and the Wayfarer's Chapel across the street. At the top of the hill, there is a nice viewpoint over the ocean at Del Cerro Park. There are trailheads for hikes on Burrell Lane right next to the park.
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I haven't been to Catalina forEVER, but we used to do camping trips there with my elementary school. We used to go to tidepools more often. They were a great example of micro ecosystems, so much assorted life teeming in a small puddle. You can't have a blog about LA and talk about the OC TV show. That seems backwards somehow.
ReplyDeletei disagree. i think every blog should mention the OC TV show. Who is bullet, though?
ReplyDeleteBullet was that rich guy from Texas who Marissa's younger sister liked.
ReplyDeleteI like your pictures. I have never seen a nudibranch in real life.
ReplyDeleteIn the photo, the "nudibranch" just looks like a big, brown yam, but in real life it was very interesting - it was much larger and blobbier than it appears in the picture and it moved its head and tentacles around quite rapidly.
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