Along with our friends, Steve and Jen and their son Evan, we rented a house on the beach in Pacific City, OR, our favorite place in the state. It was a relaxing time, full of good food, nice walks, and cards. The weather was a little rough, but hey, we were still at the beach!
The wind was blowing and the surf was up. If you were patient, very patient, you could get a picture of a wave breaking over Cape Kawanda (about 30 ft high?). This one was taken from inside our house. Unfortunately, with all the wind, the window was spattered with the spray, hence the abysmal quality of the photo.
This little guy (about the size of a quarter) is a valella. These jellyfish-like beasties float and ride the wind with their sail. The ones we saw were between the size of a dime and an quarter. The picture below was taken on the beach in Oceanside. They were so thick on the beach there, you couldn't avoid them. They caked up on our shoes. When we got there, the folks leaving from the beach wedding looked none too cheery, ptobably due to these and the extreme wind.
The upside to the valella washing in is that the same winds also bring in floats from fishing nets. We found about 4 small ones and a larger one, about a 10 inches in diameter.
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