Photo by Tony Klimas, Copyright 2005
It's hot and sticky and sometimes filled with tourists from Michigan, of course, but there is something about being at the beach that relaxes me in a way that no other place offers. The sand and the lull of the ocean are almost primal, and perhaps this environment puts me in touch with the place that first gave life to the land that we stand on. Having sailed all the worlds' oceans at a different time in life, I can attest to the power and fury of the sea. But during Summer, at the beach, the ocean is calm and peaceful and so am I. Now if we could only do something about those hurricanes....
