Post-Christmas and the kids are all out of the house this week,¹At least, that was the plan… so Suzi and I decided to take a quick trip ourselves. We headed off to Cannon Beach to see the Rock, the tides,²There were King Tides on the 22nd through 24th. and the waves.³ Thirty-five-foot waves predicted for tomorrow! I’ll believe it when I see it and will take pictures.

We detoured to Seaside first but it was so rainy that we barely got out of the car. We didn’t want to walk anyways, so we had multiple reasons to head south to Cannon Beach. We parked at the end of Second Street and saw the waves had pushed logs up near the steps. Ecola Creek entered the ocean much farther upstream. The beach was essentially nonexistent.

We headed to our hotel and checked in. The waves were washing completely over the sand. I wanted to take my standard picture of The Needles, so I ventured to the edge of the sand. I watched as a wave washed up to the grassy dune just south of me. I thought I could run through this “low spot” between the waves and be on the far side to take the pictures. When I ran past where I’d seen the waves wash against the dunes, I saw that it only got worse the farther south I went. I turned and ran back to where I’d started before the next wave came in. Maybe I can get the picture tomorrow at lower tide. Or maybe honkin’ huge waves with potential sneakers will keep me off the beach.

Suzi and I then headed farther south to Tolovana Beach to see that waves were reaching the bottom of the steps down to the beach. We stood and watched this repeat, getting soaked by the heavy rain.

Tomorrow I’m going to wear my raincoat over my puffy coat⁴And over my vest.

Every day at the coast is a great day!

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  At least, that was the plan… ↩︎
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  There were King Tides on the 22nd through 24th. ↩︎
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  Thirty-five-foot waves predicted for tomorrow! I’ll believe it when I see it and will take pictures. ↩︎
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  And over my vest. ↩︎