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We have been notified by Mark Solomon, Crime Prevention Coordinator for the Seattle Police Department, that a community safety walk has been scheduled for June 1, 2012 at 6:30 pm.
Following the tragic murder of Greggette Guy two months ago, several in the Beach Drive community have been expressing concern about the safety of Emma Schmitz and Mee Kwa Mooks parks in the evening. This walk is to give us an opportunity to point out areas that could have improved safety.
When and if I have more information from Mark Solomon or any other City officials, I'll let you know.
Tazi is a Basenji, the barkless dog, and is the most ancient breed (per Wikipedia). They evolved from wolves and like wolves they rarely make noise as their vocal cords are different from a typical dog. They can bark but rarely do. They can run up to 35 miles an hour, one of the fastest of all breeds and Tazi loves to run! He runs 3 miles a day with his human, Sandi.
You've probably seen him with Pat and Sandi perched from the front porch overlooking Beach Drive.
Two days of low tides offered some great sights along a couple of West Seattle beaches. Starting with the beach off of Emma Schmitz Viewpoint, found this Stingray looking critter on it's back and set him back in the water before the birds made a meal of him!
then found these gooey looking dudes hanging off a rock about 200 yards out...
Click here for an album of other photos taken off Beach Drive.
Then it was off to Fauntleroy Cove where I could almost walk straight on the Ferry from the exposed beach under the piers. Great access from Fauntleroy Park located on the north side of the dock...
Great sculpture of a Raven marking the location of the park
Tomorrow promises to be another great day to see what's lurking below with a minus tide of -3.3. Someday I hope to get a glimpse of the famous Spirit Boulder that's been reported to peak it's head out at extreme low tides on the south side of the ferry dock.
The Seattle Parks Department is hosting a "family beach safari" on the shores of Mee Kwa Mooks (aka Emma Schmitz Viewpoint) right now. The walks are free and require advanced registration.
It's a great day to explore the beach with a low of minus 3.00 at 11:38 pm today.
The next walk at this park is scheduled on May 20, 2012. You can register for this walk by calling 206-386-4236 or by clicking here.
Just a couple hundred yards off Beach Drive lies one of the best little dives along the entire Alki strip. Locals would reefer to it as a a swim-up bar but most get to it by boat (want more puns?).
Known to most as the Alki Rock Pile, this site also goes by Alki Reef, Jacobson Fishing Reef or Fish Haven (as noted on marine charts). Several popular dive sites on the web incorrectly state that this man-made reef was one of the original 13 artificial reefs created in Puget Sound in the mid 1970's by Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife. It was actually created in May of 1987 as a "mitigation reef" to offset the ecological damage created when developing the Elliott Bay Marina.
The idea was to carefully construct a reef which would provide an assemblage of economically important fish species similar to, or greater than, the impacted habitat.
A scientific study used to measure the effectiveness of the reef in 1989 described how it was built...
"A total of 181,400 metric tons of quarry rock was used to construct fourteen 41 m· 15 m· 6 m (high) reef structures in a 2.83 ha area during May 1987. This design of a 1:2 ratio of reef material: sand bottom also accommodated the trophic level relationships normally occurring for fishes feeding from reef structures and surrounding natural habitats."
While researching this particular reef on the internet, I found that it has become a reference point for building artificial reefs worldwide.
Today marks the opening day for Ling cod fishing which will attract several boats fishing the reef in May.
Divers get their shot of these lunkers in the 3rd week in May
I'll end this fish story with a great video of a couple of divers that were escorted from Emma Schmitz Viewpoint to the reef by a "true local". Turn up your speakers and enjoy!
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