".....it was a dark, stormy night". Actually it is a dark, stormy night tonight. The wind is blowing, the rain is coming down in buckets, there are flood watches on all the major rivers and the requisite "urban flooding" warning. Talk about some freaky weather patterns here in the PNW lately. The Weather Service says that rain from now until Thursday with a brief lull in the high winds tomorrow afternoon.
I'm "jones-ing" to go to the ocean!!! Winter storms are the best time for beachcombing and watching the waves crash over the jetty. Although it means we can't beachcomb on the jetty where you can normally find floats that have gotten wedged between the rocks. About three years ago we hit paydirt there as you can see from the photo above. That crab cage was Alex's big find. All told we have probably found a dozen floats over the last few years. The dogs love running up and down the beach and I can walk for miles rain or shine there. Someday I'll find one of those "rare" Japanese Glass Floats. They are harder and harder to find nowdays because so many of the boats use plastic floats nowdays.
Well...I can survive for another 10 days and then reap the rewards that a week of windy/rainy weather will deposit on the beach. Although, no trip to the South Beach/Westport area is complete until you zip down to Washaway Beach and see how many more houses/trailers have been claimed by natures forces.
I'm "jones-ing" to go to the ocean!!! Winter storms are the best time for beachcombing and watching the waves crash over the jetty. Although it means we can't beachcomb on the jetty where you can normally find floats that have gotten wedged between the rocks. About three years ago we hit paydirt there as you can see from the photo above. That crab cage was Alex's big find. All told we have probably found a dozen floats over the last few years. The dogs love running up and down the beach and I can walk for miles rain or shine there. Someday I'll find one of those "rare" Japanese Glass Floats. They are harder and harder to find nowdays because so many of the boats use plastic floats nowdays.
Well...I can survive for another 10 days and then reap the rewards that a week of windy/rainy weather will deposit on the beach. Although, no trip to the South Beach/Westport area is complete until you zip down to Washaway Beach and see how many more houses/trailers have been claimed by natures forces.
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