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This is where Ricketts collected many specimens
for Pacific Biological Laboratories, and where Doc collected
his for Western Biological : |
"It is a fabulous place: when
the tide is in, a wave-churned basin, creamy with foam, whipped
by the combers that roll in from the whistling buoy on the reef.
But when the tide goes out the little water world becomes quiet
and lovely. The sea is very clear and the bottom becomes fantastic
with hurrying, fighting, feeding, breeding animals." (Cannery
Row, Chapter VI).
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Order the fifth edition of Ed Ricketts' Between
Pacific Tides from amazon.com
Order Steinbeck's Cannery
Row from amazon.com |
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TIDEPOOL ETIQUETTE
NEVER TURN YOUR
BACK TO THE OCEAN: IT IS UNPREDICTABLE. BE CAREFUL: THE
ROCKS ARE SLIPPERY!
Be gentle with the creatures you touch, and put them back where
you found them.
Do not take away any live animals, shells, plants or rocks.
Remember, Monterey Bay is a Federal
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Go south on Sunset Drive (towards Asilomar Beach) and turn
left on the first street, Lighthouse Avenue. Go 1 block and turn
left at the stop sign; jog right onto Lighthouse and continue
into town. Go straight until you reach Ridge Road and turn right
(a sign marking the Butterfly Grove Inn is your landmark). Go
about 1/2 block and you will see the signs for the Monarch Grove
Sanctuary, which is open from sunrise to sunset. Park your car
and walk down the easement to . . .
MONARCH
GROVE SANCTUARY |