that never quitehappened.

After the earthquake cleanup, the continuous aftershocks, the sleepless nights, Jake and I craved an inspiring spirit-reviving energizingday at the beach.

We did. We truly did. We needed it.

So we packed up and headed off. But it was one of those everything goes wrong days.

(Well, the traffic was lighter than usual and that was nice.)

When we arrived and hiked in from the car thingsfelt off. The weather was weird, neither cloudy nor foggy nor sunny. The sea and the sky we...