Fall 2011 Equinox Coast

Mark said we should go camping.








We went to Cape Perpetua.






Cook's Chasm is near Cape Perpetua.






Captain Cook sailed here in 1776.






The tide was high when I took these pictures.








There was a lot of foam on the waves. It was windy, too - so the foam would blow off the top of the waves. Which was a little gross.




The previous day, we'd stopped by about two hours after high tide. The waves were off, or so the Park Ranger said, and so the spout didn't spout.




You still had to watch out for sneaker waves, though.

Happy Equnox 2010

Happy Equinox a little bit early. This year the Equinox is Wednesday evening, September 22 2010 at 08:09 PM PDT.

This photo was taken at the coast a while back. Stone circles with driftwood gnomons are the kinds of beach sculptures I like to create. Since this stick really isn't straight up and down and the ground isn't level, this sculpture really doesn't tell time per se -- although it could be used to guestimate how long we'd been at the beach (15 degrees is one hour). If we had stayed long enough, I would have continued the path shown by the three stones into a much longer eliptical path.

For me personally, the autumnal equinox is the time of ending projects and distribution. Hmm. I think I have a few loose ends that need ending.

Tea

  Photo of the author drinking tea.