Tidal Pools

Rough seas, rain, a little sunshine (all in one day) ---- Few days ago decided to try my luck when the seas had been very rough...Sun came out very briefly, so me and the Papillions decided to head to the beach and see what we could find. Good news...only one other person beachcombing. This should be relatively painless. We walked briskly for awhile (Pappies needed the exercise and so did I) ..... started looking down for sea glass. There it was...in abundance....turqoise, green, white, brown...No cobalt blue or cornflower blue...BUT...very old rounded, frosted sea glass...bottoms to old bottles, bottle rims...I even found a gorgeous pink which later fell out of my pocket while retrieving gloves. Darn!!!! It was so pretty...My consolation is...hoping that another sea glass lover found that piece of glass. I want someone that appreciates sea glass to have it to enjoy....We had an interesting experience further up the beach. The tidal pools stretched 1/2 mile or longer along the beach. On the other side was the nicest stretch of a shell-bed you'd ever want to see. How do we jump across the rushing water to get to the shell bed? Hmmmmmmmmm....the only way seemed to walk further up and try to get across the narrowest part. Okay...I stepped across the water...and yikes...my left foot sunk up to my knees. Holy Cow!!!! What am I gonna do now? I had no choice but to fall on my other knee and crawl out of this mess (all the while holding onto my Papillions). They were troopers and knew that I was in some kind of trouble. They both stopped and waited until I was up on my feet and able to walk again. Almost lost my shoes in the process. Now, we walked along with squishy shoes and very wet legs. Oh well...At least it was a worthwhile adventure. We now found lots of turquoise pieces of glass. Thank goodness the effort was worth every minute. Since we backtracked 1/2 or more to enjoy this shell-bed..it was now time to find a way back. I WAS NOT going to chance going back the way we came. Instead, we walked 1/4 mile or more further east and then turned south toward the dune line. Once we were at the base of the dunes, we were able to walk westbound staying close to the dunes. It was our only option. It worked...On the walk back to the car we noticed more beachcombers making their way in our direction. Sure enough, they too...were looking for sea glass. I can only hope that someone found that beautiful pink glass. I'd like to think it's sitting in a window sill somewhere with the sun causing the colors to dance or maybe someone turned it into a nice necklace for all to admire. No matter what, we had an adventure...that's what life is all about...