Escape to the beach...

It was a fabulous day on the coast for a short hike.... unfortunately I got a late start and only went about half way. As you can see it was a nice hike, none the less.

This is the trail above the Heceta Head Lighthouse.

The shadow it mine and there are several cool cove/cave like things down on the beach below the head.

The big rocks are very cool. Unfortunately they don't let people climb on the big ones (just the smaller ones at the base, which of course I diligently climbed. I had accidentally come down the trail from the lighthouse on the rocks just to the north of the big rocks and the scenery was beautiful)!

This is the sweeping view of the beach below the assistant light keeper's house and the lighthouse. There are many very beautiful parts of this beach and all I really wanted to do was sit on a rock and read. Too bad I forgot my book!

Well, with snow promised in the mountains, I decided today that it would be safer to go to the beach (I may go to the mountains tomorrow if it hasn't snowed though). Its been an insane week between the markets and the people I see daily reacting to them.

I wanted to take some time to go exploring and get outside. It was so beautiful and much warmer at the beach than in Eugene. So, off I went and enjoyed both taking pictures and also sitting enjoying the sights and sounds of the beach.

Its taken me nearly 30 years to stop at this beach. I've driven by it a million times and thought often I would like to stop. Isn't it funny how easy it is to miss things that are right in our path? All and all it was a gloriously restful day; one of which I was very much in need.