high and low tide

“king tide”

/ janpriddyoregon / 13 Comments

Years ago, a friend visiting from Colorado became impatient with our talk of high and low tides. “What does that even mean?” she cried. So I took her out at high tide and showed her the width of dry shore and the location of breakers relative to the cape. Six hours later I took her out again and showed her the difference. I have something to say about that term “king tide” and tides and sneaker waves.

The shore in winter. Our local bald eagles are not aggressive feeders. They mostly find fish and birds that are already dead. They were not here when we first came to live in Arch Cape, but have been successfully raising children for many years.
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