Beach

[dr_tectonic]

Oh! Oh, I missed the ocean!

This evening I went to the beach. It was completely and totally wonderful.

It should be noted that the ocean will go to great lengths to destroy a drip castle. I moved my construction area to the top of a rock after it washed away twice, and the wave that took that one out soaked me to the waist. Which was great, because with pants wet I went wandering all along the beach until sunset.

There were little runny-birds! Running along the waterline! And sand! And kelp! And waves! Waves of seawater!

That ocean smell and the fat orange sun sinking down the horizon.

So happy. =)

Comments

[arcticturtle.livejournal.com]

I love those little guys! We've always called them Fast Foot Birds (FFBs)

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

The ocean is a necessity™. Even if it is further up the coast. We need to go soon, we haven't left Spokane since last August. Understandably so, but still.

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I love the ocean myself.

Have some friends who own a beach cabin out on the Washington coast and I've been going down there for 30 years or so.

It's been too long since I've been down there last. That is something I hope to remedy at some point this summer if things shake out job wise before long.

I believe those birds you are talking about are called Sandpippers.

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

I believe those birds you are talking about are called Sandpippers.

They're Sandpipers. Spotted Sandpipers are the commen NA variety, with Solitary Sandipipers being less common. Here in the East, we on rare occasion see Euasian Common Sandpipers blown off course.

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

There were a bunch of different kinds of runnybirds. I'm sure some of them were sandpipers, as well as plovers or terns or something like that.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. The ocean is great. I'm hoping I can go when I'm in Boston next month. (And the conference in Korea that I'm going to in June is on the ocean, too...)

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

I love the ocean, but was fairly disappointed by the Pacific, at least in the Bay Area, which is the only part of CA I've been too. It's pretty and all, particularly around sunset time. But it was cold -- too cold to even just walk barefoot in, much less swim without wet suit. Blah. Around Boston, despite the water being frequently just 60-65F I at least can put on a swimsuit and wade in.

[ng-nighthawk.livejournal.com]

Yes, see, you're used to the Atlantic, otherwise known as the "wuss ocean." Man, in Washington, my brother and I would dare each other and see who could stand to run the farthest into the freezing cold surf. Now that's the ocean.

I do, however, enjoy the Atlantic, as I enjoy heated swimming pools. Plus, I've been told further south the Pacific is warmer.

[earthling177.livejournal.com]

Hm, no, I'm not just used to the Atlantic, I grew up in Brazil -- the water is actually often between 70-80F. That is nice, you can soak for quite a while. But anyway, I'm willing to believe that the Pacific is warmer further south. Thing is, since I don't surf or do anything exciting like the folks were doing in the Bay Area, I actually prefer the wussier coast... ;-)

[thedragonweaver.livejournal.com]

However, you get really swank beachcombing on those cold beaches. There's an agate beach up near Ft. Bragg, and a glass beach (result of an old bottle factory that dumped their stuff in the ocean pre-environmental concerns); on Rodeo Beach (Marin) you can find carnelians, and in San Francisco in October you can obtain many-many sand dollars. I know that there has to be more specialties but those are the ones I'm most familiar with.