Low Tide

After work today Meghan practiced yoga while Reb and I took a hike around Fort Abercrombie State Park. Although we've hiked in the park dozens of times, we found our way to the shoreline about an hour after low tide. The receded water level revealed new colors and points of view. Rebel and I were able to step out past our usual paths to climb beneath cliffs often guarded by cold surf. A result of the sun, moon and earth's rotation, tides are stronger during the new and full phases of the moon when the sun, earth and moon line up to form a syzygy. As you can see from the image below the moon is in the waxing gibbous phase on its way to full on Tuesday. As the days grow longer we can feel our energy levels increase and the urge to explore seems to strengthen daily. At 11 hours and 4 minutes of daylight, we have gained 2 hours of light in the last month. For an individual who is constantly amazed by the power of natural forces, living in Alaska is like living in playground.