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H ig h lig h ts th e N a tu ra l B e a u ty o f W o o d
W ill N o t Flake o r Peel
“ I com e to the sea to breathe ” 1 have read th is sentence on
t-sh irts, cups, bags, postcard, bathroom w a lls, sides o f b u ild in g s
(a lrig h t m aybe not b u ild in g s but the w ay it is headed I am sure it
w ill happen soon), every tim e I see it I w o nd er w h a t these pe op le
do w h en they are aw ay fro m the sea suffocate0 I f it is here
w h ere they fin d th e ir peace w h y w o u ld they w a n t to re tu rn to the
c ity ? D oes the a lm ig h ty d o lla r d riv e them back to the jo b s and
o b lig a tio n s that seem to take th e ir breath aw ay? A re the y re a lly
b re a th in g any better here0 M y guess is no, m y guess is th a t the
v a ca tio n they planned is as fu ll o f stress and o v e re x e rtio n as any
day w o rk in g in the c ity I suppose they c o n tin u e to th in k about
the th in g s back hom e that b rin g knots to th e ir m uscles and a pain
to th e ir (o r is it o u r) heads 1 k n o w they con tinu e to treat people
as i f they are s till in the c ity , I have fou nd o u t fir s t hand tha t
pe op le can s till be rude w h ile they are breathing, I do it a ll the
tim e T he th in g that m akes me laugh is that som e ho w to u rists
b e lie ve th a t i f they buy a sou ven ir w ith the w o rds, “ I com e to the
sea to breath” then they can return to the c ity and sho w a ll the
o th e r c ity d w e lle rs h o w great and re la xin g th e ir v a ca tio n was
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and h o w that rude w o m an at the grocery store w o u ld n ’ t le t them
s u c k th e ir s tu ff on the cou nter w h ile they shopped O K , it is
tim e to U k e a breath, go ahead, le t it out, n o w d o n ’t w e a ll feel
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Oh no! Beach driving...oh, yes!
If you want controversy, beach driving here
on the Ixjng Beach Peninsula certainly has it.
Although I can see the ments o f both sides. I never
dnve on the beach. I remember too well going clam
digging with my mother up near Ocean Park One
time we parked next to a long line o f cars, went
digging, and on our return, our car was lett all alone,
half way up the hubcaps in sand The surf wasn’t even
close, but you can imagine the ordeal that ensued I'm
not interested in repeating it
1 admit my disinterest in getting stuck keeps
me from the more remote sections o f beach for clam
digging and it also prevents me from going out in the
middle of the night, just when the wind has turned
west al ter a gale, to look for Japanese glass floats with
a spotlight.
My dad had a special vehicle just for this
purpose, an old rust-buckel pickup truck. This pickup
was in such bad shape, the cab roof was only attached
in the rear The other three sides had a quite effective
crack that allowed you to check the weather ahead and
to each side without craning your neck to look out the
window The flapping at 40 mph was audible, but my
dad didn't even try to hold the thing down with "hippie
chrome" (my husband's name for duct tape)
Of course my dad was far from a hippie, he
just knew when he had the proper tool for a given
situation When his wife suggested he get nd o f that
disgraceful truck, my dad responded that he (and she)
should feel lucky they didn’t have to walk. Our
household has two vehicles, neither o f which is good
enough, or bad enough, to drive on the beach Neither
of them is new, but we’re Fighting rust as it is,
without taking them out where salt and sand can get
the upper hand.
Besides—there's nothing to see on that long
flat beach anyway The dunes are pretty much the same
all along, low risers with scattered pines on the
uplands and some driftwood on the ocean side. The
driftwood isn't very interesting anymore either, because
there just isn't much good stuff coming down the
Columbia—it's all been cut down. What remains,
people keep hauling away for firewood or burning in
bonfires right there on the beach.
Most o f the flotsam and jetsam nowadays is
made o f plastic, not the interesting glass and corroded
metal objects that used to float to shore. In fact, the
detritus looks to me like a container ship o f recycling
plastic must have jettisoned a load, because that's all 1
see— and 1 see enough of that walking around town
without going to the beach to see more.
No, I don't drive on the beach to get to some
remote spot to see the same old thing—too chicken,
too careful with my aging vehicles. But I ain't against
riding I did appreciate it when one o f my neighbors
took me in his truck to sec how much o f the beach had
fallen in down by Beard's Hollow. I stood next to the
scarp and the dune was at eye level, plus those little
erosion study stakes were leaning and dropping toward
the surf.
No, I don't drive on the beach, I walk. My
favorite is Benson Beach in Fort Canby State I’ark.
The view there is defined by the grandeur o f north 1 lead
and its lighthouse on the north and the ruggedness of
the Columbia River jetty on the south. The eraggy
outlines o f the original basalt shore backing the dunes
and covered with old forest is the most beautiful part
o f the southwest Washington coast in my opinion.
The giant logs backed up from the jetty northward are
spectacular and ever changing, given the ocean's recent
incursions onto the beach.
Clambering up on the jetty, we have a good
v iew o f boats and ships crossing the bar and a great
view o f C,ape Disappointment and its light. Plus, I'm
sentimental I always think o f my dad and his dad
when I'm there This is where my grandfather was
injured while helping build the jetty, leading to a
lifelong disability This is also where we scattered my
dad's ashes on a Mastery November day on an
outgoing tide. You see why I don't drive on the beach
There's too much to see, to touch, to feel, without
being distracted by a car
Victoria Stoppiello is a writer living in Ilwaco at the
lower left comer o f Washington State.
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