b top gun wrote:
My recollection of Yachats, Smelt Sands where my granddaughter got her very first view of the Pacific Ocean and her very first tide pool adventure. And the memorial there to the young men who lost their lives because of a rogue wave; the memorial reminding all to remain ever vigilant and never turn your back on the ocean.
That is great advice; I bodysurfed for 40 years and learned that lesson the hard way when I started out. It's such a beautiful area, it is easy to get distracted.