It isn't my job to travel around the world to the most amazing places. That would be too easy. There are too many of them to name. They are too easy to find in all the travel guides. Especially beaches!
My job is to find what's there wherever I end up.
Here's one story where I literally saw the light in the dark.
Laying in bed in the middle of the night in a little rental cabin on
Lower Beverley Lake in Delta, Ontario, Canada, I tossed and turned,
“How am I going to write a story about beaches in this destination? There is only one small public beach at Lower Beverley Lake Park. It's May, the water is still cold, it's raining on and off, and the wind is blowing 25 km/hr with 40 km/hr wind gusts. This is not even good beach weather!”
The cabin's Daddy Long Legs Spider, nestled in the corner of the bathroom ceiling, didn't seem to be making any progress with his job either. I knew he wouldn't move from that spot, so he was the only cabin spider allowed to stay.
The cabin clock ticked.
That day, I had barely gotten through breakfast because taking pictures of what arrived or passed by our cabin window was way more interesting than ham and eggs.
Then it hit me before dawn broke. Your beaches story is right in front of you, you idiot! This cabin is on a
little wild beach. There's a lot going on right here, and it's pretty awesome. What's your definition of a beach? Did you forget that this is a beach too? Amazing things are right outside your door.
Even the moon was full that night and peeking through the rain clouds. The cabin heron, a regular visitor, was keeping watch on the little point to the right.
How lucky can you be?
My next story with more images and information is up on The Great Waterway, a cool Ontario tourism website where I'm a regular blogger, if you'd like to check it out and see more of what was at the beach.Beaches – Lower Beverely Lake, Delta, OntarioHappy trails!
The BaffinPaddler
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