{"id":570,"date":"2009-06-01T01:37:46","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T07:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2012-01-29T22:58:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T05:58:56","slug":"changing-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/post-id\/570","title":{"rendered":"Changing Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"We parked at low tide...\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3564\/3566087808_d590ae9a5d_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3564\/3566087808_d590ae9a5d_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"We parked at low tide...\" width=\"100\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"We hoped this was the highest tide\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3065\/3566089004_4357d1fc81_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3065\/3566089004_4357d1fc81_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"We hoped this was the highest tide\" width=\"100\" height=\"54\" \/><\/a> We have been continually amazed at the impact of tides here in Alaska. Although not consistent, the fluctuation of high and low tide can be as great as 25 feet! Dave demonstrated this phenomenon with his photos of our Ketchikan campsite\u00a0 &#8211; we set up camp at low tide, took off for 5 hours and came back to find the sea about 5 &#8211; 6 feet from our RV!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Dave was thrilled to pick up a free booklet that lists all the tides, times and depth, for Alaska. He carries it in his shirt pocket because, as he&#8217;ll tell you, it has all kinds of nifty information &#8211; like when you can catch the biggest fish in a month, moon cycles, and much more. In fact, I&#8217;m surprised that he hasn&#8217;t added this information to our calendar page&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Blind River Rapids\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3306\/3579161172_23e6921ce9_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3306\/3579161172_23e6921ce9_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blind River Rapids\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"Low Tide at Blind Rapids\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3626\/3579844369_fe40ec3ec8_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3626\/3579844369_fe40ec3ec8_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Low Tide at Blind Rapids\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a> Our first day here in Petersburg, we discovered a small park with a 1\/2 mile board walk to a beautiful area called Blind Rapids. It was a georgous spot, but we were puzzeled over the name &#8211; where were the rapids??? Unknowingly, we visited the rapids at high tide\u00a0 &#8211; and it was under water. I have returned twice to paint here, once at high tide (12:45pm) and once at low (7:15am). It&#8217;s quite eerie to hear the rapids behind me for an hour or so into a painting, and then to slowly realize it&#8217;s become totally silent! <a class=\"oy tt-flickr tt-flickr tt-flickr-Thumbnail\" title=\"The Entrance to the Blind Slough\" href=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3297\/3580589584_e675e9c291_z.jpg?zz=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3297\/3580589584_e675e9c291_t.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"The Entrance to the Blind Slough\" width=\"100\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been continually amazed at the impact of tides here in Alaska. Although not consistent, the fluctuation of high and low tide can be as great as 25 feet! Dave demonstrated this phenomenon with his photos of our Ketchikan campsite\u00a0 &#8211; we set up camp at low tide, took off for 5 hours and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":572,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bezaires.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}