Birthday

Went to Alki Beach on my birthday last week. It was calm and peaceful and a nice way to get away from the city. I could hear the sea lions and I was able to sit on a bench and enjoy the view for awhile.

Washington beach

Last weekend I went with a friend to Ocean Shores, WA, for my birthday. It was my first time going to a Washington beach. The development of the city was odd, from my perspective, and kind of sprawling. It seemed like the city planner was scattered and "creative" in deciding the layout of the city, haha.

But the beach was beautiful. We went to the North Jetty on the northern edge of the entrance to the bay. It was windy!

On the way back home we stopped at the Shorebird Festival in Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge. There were about 17,000 shorebirds that stopped by the area that weekend. Lots of bird watching there because the water recedes when the tide goes out and it's a great place for birds to eat.

Coast

I want this to be a place where I can post all the fun things I do...kind of like a travel and adventure journal. The last few months have been pretty calm and indoor-oriented because I have been working on a degree. But in the meantime, I have tried to get in little trips here and there and I want to focus on those. When I moved back to the West Coast from the East Coast in November, I spent a few days at my favorite beach because I missed it. Even though it was November, I still wanted to go there to reconnect with one of my favorite places in the world.

A while back I added up how much time I have spent at this beach over my whole life and I think it amounted to something like 6 months. Here is my experience at Cannon Beach, Oregon in November:

There was a big storm when I was there. Almost no one was out on the beach because the wind was so strong, ~40+ MPH. Even so, it was beautiful and I was still able to go running on the beach in the mornings before the storm picked up each day.