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"Cool Beauty, powers of earth and sea.

Dunes shelter tender life, water offers fertile womb.

Wind's wild temper, sand's patient strength,

Reward those who endure."

                                       (Karin H. Leonard)

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On a cold, overcast September Day, the beauty of this beach called out to me.

Lugging my gear up a wooden walkway by Asilomar Beach in Monterey, CA, I spotted this view.

After a couple of hours in the frigid air, I was frozen, but happy...