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Yesterday may 15, we scoped out some tide pools and found a blue crab that molted out of its shell. When I first came across it, that little guy was giving me the claw and charging after me and it was like "heeeey heeey" and I was like "woooaaah don't hurt me crab". And then I found some orange red sponges. It was awesome to see different little species. 

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