by the sea
Low tide and the timing of the predicted rain worked in my favor today. I headed to the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, arriving a bit over an hour before the 10:30am low tide and several hours before rain was forecast to arrive.
I found that I had the beach almost to myself; I shared it with some sea gulls, no other humans. The sand, smoothed by the ocean, was a wonderful walking surface. The ocean provided a song to walk by, and other than some sprinkles I managed to stay dry.![beach, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge beach, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge](https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-beauty/Parker-River-and-2022/i-JqKCXXx/2/455b3de0/M/202211_XT4_8573-M.jpg)