May 20th, 2009 . Crazy "rip" wave action -- if you are inclined to experience vertigo from too much movement, fasten your seat belt. This was during the almost-tropical-storm-Ana subtropical low that hung over the state for days with high winds and flooding -- invoking a rare double red flag warning that (supposedly) closes the beach to swimming.
.Beach Dune Sand Etchings by Sea Grass Blowing in the Wind
More Beach Dunes Sea Grass Sand Etchings
Low Tide Sand Etchings by Wind and Water
More Wind and Water Sand Etchings at Low Tide
After low tide, sea water washing back in...
Beached Conch Shell - rare in this area except after hurricanes
Take a walk on the beach in the seaweed surf...
Mother Nature being Artistic
This little work of art that resembles the face of a dog (if you examine the reflections closely you can maybe detect eyes, nose, and mouth in addition to those "ears"?), is actually some form of a large sea bean or drift seed (these wash up on the beach frequently here), but this one had two little "shells" attached resembling ears (we think that the shells are some form of barnacle, as they attach themselves like that to just about anything and usually en masse)...[editorial comment: although this item was admittedly mildly curious, we wonder if the videographer might need to get away for a few days, WITHOUT a camera...]
.An upside down happy-face sky writing
Low Tide, Sand Bars, and Beach Birds
Kite stuck in a palm tree -- happens often, occasionally appears to be on purpose...
North Beach Access Overwalk
North Beach Overwalk (on a bumpy bike)
North Beach BOARDwalk (not the "BROADwalk")
Just the Breezy Beach
Morning Dip -- February 8th, 2008
North Beach
Misty Morning Dunes
Is that you Wilson?
Nude Sand Peeps, the morning after
Sand castle fortress complete with moats. This was taken at high tide and the entire complex was just a couple of inches too high to get the moats filled with ocean water from the waves. Nice try, maybe next time...
.The Residences of Tungurahua (why DO people live on an active volcano anyway? or in California directly on fault lines? or in "toronado alley"? or in Florida's bowling alley for hurricanes? oh, um, wait a minute, that's where WE live -- but at least we KNOW when a hurricane is going to hit...)
.Sand Castle, barely made it through high tide
Another, Somewhat Strange, Sand Castle Fortress ("your mind on drugs"?)
Local beer drinking hangout on North Beach intracoastal (maybe the sand castle builders had been here)
.North Beach Pier and Restaurant
North Beach Palm Oasis
North Beach Park from Observation Tower
Sand Filled Beach Walkover (sand from hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma)
The vid guy noticed a rather unusual bubbling up of air in an intertidal lagoon -- these are unusual in any sense, but this particular one was highly unusual due to the fact that it had been bubbling up for about 15 minutes prior to capturing the above video and was still going strong 15 minutes later... Anyone know what the source of this strange bubbling might be and why it would endure for up to as long as half an hour???
.Hula-hoopin at sunrise - ya see it all on the beach...
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