<previous April 18 2008 - 01 Oceanside, ORnext>
I took this last week while on vacation on the Oregon coast. There is a little town called OceanSide just south of Tillamook Bay and Ocala and I wandered along the beach there. It was just after it had rained, suddenly there was blue sky to be seen and the sun came out.
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<previous April 19 2008 - 01 Oceanside, ORnext>
This is another shot from the beach. There were a lot of crab shells all along the beach, along with sand dollars and clam shells. I was amazed at the texture on the shell, how it bubbled up on the surface of the shell and became a richer shade of purple near the center of the top of the shell. I thought the texture of the sand and the shell was a nice contrast.
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<previous April 24 2008 - 01 Oceanside, ORnext>
The beach was very beautiful at Oceanside, but the town was interesting as well. This phone booth was next to the town hall. I hadn't seen one in a while and thought I would snap a shot.
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<previous April 28 2008 - 01 Pacific City, ORnext>
We hiked through the dunes in Pacific City and saw the ocean waves coming in through the rocks. I thought the whole scene looked rather prehistoric. The waves were crashing in and water was spilling out onto the rocks above and panning out.
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<previous April 29 2008 - 01 Cape Meares, ORnext>
As you are walking along it's often easy to miss things. I try and follow advice I was given a long time ago, and look around. You get so focused on one thing that you might not even see the more interesting picture, in this case beneath me. Ocala and I were walking along the beach, up in the drift wood and I was looking out at the ocean. I recalled the advice and looked down to see these plants growing in the sand. "Honckeny apeploides" according to the internet. Each one was growing so perfectly and the white stalks around them set them off nicely, I thought.
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