Tales from the beach

The stars:  I woke up in the middle of the night and went out on the balcony to look at the stars.  In the city I can see Orion, but here the constellation was only marginally brighter than the other milions of stars in the night sky.  There were so many, and they seemed so close.  It was awesome.

The dog:  We watched a dog sitting alone on the beach, staring out to sea.  Every now and again he would move, walking a few feet, then sitting down again and continuing his vigil.  After a while, we saw a surfer come into shore.  The dog leapt up and went into the water, said a warm hello, and walked off home with his dad.

The sunset:  The lodge faces west, and we get the most fabulous views of the sun setting over the Pacific Ocean.  The beach gets crowded about this time - surfers packing up their gear, landlubbers strolling the beach to enjoy the fading day.  This picture was taken from the balcony of the Great Room where we go for dinner.