Musings at Carolina Beach

I’m back in the USA now…  Visiting my parents before I head home and back to work.  Here, I don' t have regular wifi and have to head to a coffee shop or McDonalds, but I will try to begin to catch up with folks.  I'll still keep posting at my "Riding Rails" blog until I complete my trip posts...  This is my morning musings while walking on the beach at sunrise.

The sun rises behind a shrimp trawler operating parallel to the shore on this humid late summer morning.  The water is still warm as it slashes on my feet.  To the south, half dozen surfers are attempting to catch a wave.  Beyond the breakers, the seas are clam, but the waves are well formed and provide an occasional ride to a skillful surfer, before they crash on shore where the eternal battle between water and earth occur.  The seal always wins; it just takes time and patience.  Up on the beach, beyond the water, gulls cluster waiting for an opportune time for breakfast.  If it doesn’t come soon, I’m sure they’ll set off for the local McDonald’s parking lot and much on old fries.  The pelicans rebuff the thought of fast food and constantly troll, just outside the breakers, looking for their morning nourishment.  No one seems to be catching anything today, but the sea provides and takes away as predictability as the ebb and flow of the tides…