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California Coast

Chasing the California Dream

Chasing the sun down Highway 1, up and down the rock cliffs, we floated among the clouds. The California coastline is a classic. Nothing but ocean as far as you can see, green rolling hills and million dollar properties line the steep views. We jetted out of San Francisco, headed...

Cabrillo National Monument

Park Beat IV – Cabrillo National Monument

At the end of a long strip of land, called Point Loma, with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the San Diego Bay on the other, is Cabrillo National Monument. Cabrillo National Monument commemorates Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo, who led the first European expedition to what is now the west coast...

Ocean Shores

An Ode to My Favorite Jetty

There’s a jetty in Ocean Shores, WA that always catches the light just right,  At the very end of Ocean Shores Boulevard, a special place awaits in sight. Beach grass pops up out of the sand, swaying in the soft breeze,  Rocks pile up, one on top of the other, reaching towards the seas. ...

Pure Silence in Port Orford, OR

Pure silence is a hard thing to come by.  Even in the deadest of nights, you may hear a car pass by, the low hum of a computer screen or light, a creak in the wall or the sound of a ventilation system starting up. The wind will beat against an air vent, a storm will pass over, the...