Ocean

When is the last time you saw something that beautiful?  When my Southern California friends come to visit me in Salt Lake City and experience the view of the Rocky mountains from my porch, they remind me that I have a pretty amazing natural wonder at my fingertips too, but the beach stands alone in it's awesomeness.  The waves and vastness of the beach can definitely compare to a soaring mountain peak, but where the beach leaves the mountains way behind is in the sound of roaring waves.

I hear that people are afraid of things like the ocean because of their power, their vastness, the fact that they are teaming with life, but I love them.  I thought that the feeling of being alive and blown away by something like this was something everyone would experience and want.  I'm coming to learn that my connection with and ability to love the beach and the ocean are not universal human traits.

I can't go to the ocean and not get in.  I love the feel of the sand exfoliating my feet in the crash and tow of the surf.  I love the warmth of the south west coast waters even in the beginning of the summer.  I love how there are hundreds of people there who love it as much as I do every time that I go.  I love, I love, I love.

What do you love about the ocean?  If not the ocean, what's your favorite natural wonder?