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It has been phenomenally BEAUTIFUL here the past 3 days or so!!  what a nice contrast to the Christmas day storm and the freezing cold weather we’ve had the past week or so.

Yesterday it was so gorgeous that my husband and I went for an extended hike down to Agate Beach – a wonderful expanse of beach below Patrick’s Point State Park – only about 3 miles or so from where we live. 

It’s well known for agates, and after the kinds of storms we’ve had lately, we figured we’d go add to our collection.

After a walk through all the trees that were blown over in the park, where we actually had a hard time finding the path because of all the limbs, wires and debris, and then down the sometimes steep switchback to the beach, we were there for about 3 hours – biting cold winds, but beautiful sun to balance it out.  

And, I found my first agate!  In all the years of living here I had found many “wannabe’s” that look like agates until you dry them out and discover they are not quite there!  But this was my first real one – then I found another!  Whoopee!  I was on a roll.

We also found several beautiful rocks and some other very interesting stuff, including a cool piece of driftwood shaped like a candleholder.

Of course coming back up the hill as the sun went behind the trees, I was grateful to have brought gloves.  And on the way up, as I stopped to catch my breath, I was amazed at what a beautiful place we live in.

What a lovely day!