O is for Ocean and things in it
Having been in Minnesota for the last 3 decades, the ocean is a lovely change. I do now have a fascination with frieghters and container ships. We stopped in a park on the way to Swansea. We started down the road to the beach but it was traveled by big trucks and we found a side trail. On the side trail, one of the signs said "direct to beach" while the other was a loop trail. We did the loop trail and then thought we should check out the beach while there. We trudged up a very sandy and moderately steep incline (eg lots of work), crested the hill to see a large expanse of sand without clear signage. We trudged more and found a sign. This one said "outlook" left and "beach" right. Beach was still a vague concept with another sandy hill. We tried outlook. We didn't find it but did get high enough to take this shot. Note the lack of a nearby beach! Enough workout, we reversed course. Scott spotted the shark from one of our whale watching areas. It re...