Misty Mornings

I love walking down the beach when the mist is so thick it swallows sound.  The kids were still asleep, we had our Timmies in hand (don't leave home without cans of coffee - American coffee is icky!) and we were off searching for agates, and any other beach flotsam we came across.

This area of Oregon is famous for agates which wash up on the beach.  We have found a few that we would like to tumble to see how they polish up.  Sean found an amazing rock looking thing that I thought was coral, but when we were at the Whale Watching centre in Depoe Bay, we found out that it is actually a fossilized rock, and the little holes are made from worms.  The crab on top was a fellow that washed up on the beach - there was a spot about 1/2 a km down the beach where there were so many it looked a little like a horror movie with dead and dying  crabs and very happy seagulls.

You can imagine the fun that Sean had with his sister, chasing her around with half dead crustaceans!