My head had the clarity of the sky today so it was time to let my thoughts roam a bit and generally there is not way better for me than to find a solitary spot somewhere.  I'd tell you exactly where this is but just like surfing spots keeping the secret is part of the deal.  (Note: this is not very hard at all to figure out from the photos).

What is wonderful about this place is that my smartphone doesn't get service here so in a way I am off the grid both literally and virtually which is what I was looking for.  As the silence of phone became apparent so did the silence of most everything else.  This is far enough from a road that other than a passing plane I didn't see or hear much of anything man-made for about an hour and a half.



It is a bit of a scramble to get to this spot about 200 feet above the crashing surf.  I like it because it is kind of timeless.  Surf has been pounding away at this little cove for a lot longer than any of my concerns have been around.  The bee working on some pollen to my left is barely noticeable because of the roar of the surf, it didn't take long before I was drawing long easy breaths.  Other than making mental notes about what I might want to say in this blog, I managed to tune out the rest.

It is not a terribly elegant notion but I was seeing life parallels everywhere.  Certainly a function of the way I was thinking heading in.  I have been out to this spot a bunch, but like always I never sure the path to take to get there.  There are several branch points and I thought to myself, "Isn't life the same way".



I just kept walking the direction I thought I was supposed to be going in and eventually I ran across several wooden stands which reminded me I had been here before and that I was close.



When I crossed my legs and sat down I took off my shoes and socks and unclasped my watch.  I only looked to see what time it was when I noticed a chill had set on me having been a while since the heat I worked up hiking out here.  No conclusions reached but a calm repose enjoyed I turned and hiked back.