This was a familiar scene for me last week, and it was a hard one to leave. I love winters in California, they are mild in Sacramento with fantastic mountains and skiing nearby, but after a week on the beach in Mexico I’m having a hard time adjusting to my regularly scheduled life.
Most of the beaches I saw in Oregon were pretty clean, but this one was particularly neat and free of anything other than sand. Except of course for this one washed up tree.
Cold, blue, green, stormy and snowy are all ways to describe Lake Michigan on this day. I always liked the way the snow built up along the shore in the winter. The snow and ice still has beach under it, but soon it will be reaching out into the water and floating away in cold chunks. Even though the clouds on the horizon looked menacing, but they didn’t produce any of the snow that I was hoping for. They did however allow the lake to show off its many colors!
A wave breaks on Agate Beach. This beach is part of Patrick’s Point State Park in Northern California. We spent a few hours here collecting rocks and just walking down this beautiful dark beach. This might not be a true black sand beach, but the darker sand looked pretty cool against the ocean.
On the long drive back home to California from Oregon I was treated to many great ocean views. I had to pick and choose when to stop the car to take some photos. This windblown sand beach proved to be worth the stop.
A popular shot, but I took it anyway. It was a great day to be at Cannon Beach, the weather was warm, there were a few clouds in the sky and the water felt just fine.
