Where does the time go? I feel like we just got here and it
is day 6 already. I woke up early (6 am!) to a full house and a minus tide –
what a nice feeling. So I left right away. There’s a big rock between here and
the Hug Point parking lot that even at the lowest tides has been inaccessible, but
with the sands as high as they are I figured it would be exposed, and I was
right. Except. In the very low tides there are pools that form, and the rock
was completely cut off by these pools, which range from under a foot to a
couple of feet deep.
Not a problem, I thought – although I was wearing my
hiking boots, I’d left my crocs by the stairs, so I could wade out to the rock,
check it out, and walk back to my crocs. Step one, boots off. Step two, wade
into a shallow place to cross. Step 3, YELP loudly and jump out of the water
really fast and grit your teeth as the pain races all the way up to your hip
joints – it would seem that overnight we had a major water temperature change.
Dang that’s cold. Try again a few times. Give up. So instead of plan A, I walked
up the beach to where there was a log, cleaned off my feet as best I could, put
my boots back on and walked to the rock Wahii, about 2 miles to the north. My
toes didn’t thaw until I was almost there. It was an interesting walk because it
was kind of foggy, and when I got close to Arcadia Beach the sun came over the
cliffs and lit up the fog, which was very pretty but made it almost impossible
to tell where I was in relationship to known landmarks. Especially since I was
way far out into where the ocean would usually be.
The Rock Wahii doesn’t have a name; the rock next to it is
officially called Jockey Cap and they’re both at Silver Point. WAHII stands for
With A Hole In It, and it’s an impressive thing – a large monolith with a hole
that goes all the way through it. Today the tide was far enough out that I
could walk all the way around behind and look through it that way – something that
doesn’t happen very often. There were a few starfish hanging out, which was
encouraging.
I headed back to the house and texted to see if anybody was
up. Josh and Jen were already on the road, and Dave was just leaving for his
walk. He was willing to change his plans to meet me at Arcadia beach and walked
from there, while I drove back to the house and had some breakfast. Tracy woke
up not long after, and went off to meet Dave at Tolovana and walk to Haystack
rock from there.
When they got back, Tracy packed up and headed out. I took a
nap and Dave read for a while. Then we went in to Warren House for lunch – it’s
my favorite lunch spot, with Bill’s beer and tasty food. We sat on the deck at
the little corner table in the shade, because it was another hot day. They didn’t
have any of the yummy American Billsner, my new favorite Bill’s beer, but they
had a nice Irish stout that I helped Dave drink.
After lunch we went in to town to visit the distillery and
walk around. They had the taffy wrapping machine going at Bruce’s, so we
watched that for a little while and had a sample (hot cinnamon). Town was a
mess – even our secret back lot was full, although we did find a spot. We got
out of there quickly and went home for more naps. After napping Dave took
another walk, and I danced through Clarity with the music.
Dinner was the Bistro again, as they’re the only restaurant
downtown that takes reservations. We had an early dinner because it was our
theater night. We saw a play called “It could have been anyone of us”, a
strange murder mystery where the audience votes to choose the killer and victim
during the intermission. Live theater is always fun, although it was warm in
the building and I had to take another nap during the first half. Then back to
the house for our 3rd night in a row without a fire – it’s just too
warm.
Tomorrow is The Big Walk morning. Stay tuned for photos and
tales from the sand.
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