Forget summer! Too many people. Too difficult to park. Too many bodies to navigate the dogs around as we make our way to the sand.
But as we have had an especially hot summer and fall, we thought we needed to make it to the beach one last time before the rains hit. Last week, Thursday, was it.
As I drove and tried to manage Anika's travelling anxiety, my phone kept receiving news alerts. Since I was driving, I didn't look to see what the alerts were. Once we had parked, I took a quick look to see that a school shooting had taken place in the lovely town of Roseburg on the campus of Umpqua Community College. By the time we were enjoying the sunshine and our lives and the joy of our dogs, nine people had lost their lives in the pursuit of higher education.There is obviously something very, very wrong with this scenario.
I had not planned to write about the shooting in this post, but as I thought about our beautiful day, I realized this was the most terrible day for many, many others.
So I leave you with this: Nature's beauty -- Haystack rock on Cannon Beach.
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