Join @robyneggs for a beachcombing and bubble-blowing experience. Brought to you by photographer @nebcat (who will receive half this posts' payout)

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It took over an hour from the metropolitan area of Portland. There was a line of cars headed back to the city when we left around 5pm. Nebcat drove us there and I drove us back. There was still a line of cars on the way back. Might as well have been on a train...By the time we arrived we still had a couple hours to play in the sand before sunset.

It was our first time at the beach this summer. Which is easy to say, since it was after June 21. We were excited to take pictures and blow bubbles and find some shells. Come check out Canon Beach with us. This was actually my first time there.
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We arrived just as the peak of the day's heat was about to lift. It had reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the car, on the way over. We paused in relief as the water cooled the air on the beach. We hiked down towards the water to see what all the fun was about.
What a great view, besides. It is always so awe-inspiring to see the ocean. It reminds you of being small and insignificant again so you can continue going about your little, human ways.
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Naturally I had to write "Steemit" in the sand, for logo use. I hope you all are enjoying the pictures I posted previously, for marketing purposes. If not, you can find them again, here.
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It felt good just to be on the beach, in the sand. Time to take my sandals off and get cozy.

It felt amazing just to sit in the sand. I was taking pictures of the texture of the sand. And relaxing. It felt so amazing just to be. I was working my way up to getting in the water. The water was cold, but it was hot out - hotter than it had been all year.
The hot sun beating on my pale winter body felt so good. I just wanted to soak it up like little lizard. Have you done that yet this summer? Just go outside and soak up the sun for hours until it started to hurt a little?
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I also had to take some pictures of my feet...because it's awesome. ;-)
See, look! Here is the picture of the picture.

Next, we went walking along the beach, from end to end, starting by heading towards a rocky jut...

Sand sparkling underfoot...

And just look what we found! Shells had started washing ashore with the evening tide...

The rocks ended with an impassable crush. So we turned back. Combing along, we decided to look back over the driftwood that had washed up on the side.
We found tons of good places to sit and puff, but there were giant, flying ants everywhere! Large termites were pigging out like little piggies eating slop, with all the free-for-all wood all over the place. Not to mention whatever microbes washing up, that we could not see with out naked eye. They seemed to be feasting in the outlets of the tide water as it washed to and fro from the creek to the beach. Did I mention there was a little creek coming down the cliff-side and into the ocean?

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So we decided, "Screw those ants!"
We were going to blow them all away with some bubble-blowing beach magic...
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And we did!!! :-)
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And we lived happily ever after...And the beach bugs only bit us a couple times...and we only got a little sunburned, not even a lot! :-)
Hope you are having a good summer, too, Steemians. Nebcat and I wish you all the best on your summer journeys. Hope you enjoyed our post about visiting the Canon Beach / Indian Beach area of the Oregon Coast. Nebcat made a post with some of the pictures he took, here. Please, enjoy! :-) See you next time in the #onehumanbasket!
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