Coastal Wanderings: The Conquering of a Viewpoint

Yea, five miners rescued from the mine now!
Can you imagine going from darkness to light?

From being trapped to freedom?

It seems miraculous!

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Now back to the coast...

Near this area--Neskowin
there is a viewpoint.
Now viewpoints (at least in my mind) equal cliffs...
and at the coast,
usually high, sheer cliffs over water.
So the first time we passed here
I suggested rather urgently that we NOT stop!
I really did.
But the second time...
I decided it was time to try...

We approached the viewpoint''s exit really, really slowly.
And parked where the trailers and trucks do--
near this hedge and not in the area closest to--

this wall-
this nice, solid looking, rock wall
behind which you can see only sky.
EEK!
Then
I
stepped up on the sidewalk
and saw this

this

this

and more views of the ocean and hillsides
(but the light was horrific for pictures so I won't post anymore here).
Pretty scary, huh?
Yea, I agree--not at all!
SOMETIMES,
in fact quite often,
fear of something
stops you from enjoying life as God meant it to be enjoyed!
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Sometimes,
as in this case,
fear is simply:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
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What fears has God helped you overcome?
Blessings,
Aimee
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Not sure who came up with the above acronym for FEAR but it really is a good one:)

Coastal Wanderings: Garibaldi

I'm just a LITTLE (actually a WHOLE LOT) excited right now due to the safe rescue of two three of the Chilean miners, so I hope that my posts this evening make sense:) Oh well--please indulge me as I rejoice, cry and get thoroughly happy over tonight's good news (and continue to pray for the men still trapped deep in our earth).

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And now back to some coast views from one of my favorite towns

(but one I had not been to for a long, long time)--

Garibaldi!

This photo shows the things I love most about this town.

Can you guess what they are?

Another view of the waterfront area.

I so LOVE this bay!

A pier.

Nice lighting this day--I like some clouds,

it must be the Pacific Northwesterner in me:)

You might not know it but there is an area not too far away from here that is considered a ghost town...it was a town built on land between the bay and the ocean.

Any guesses as to the town's name?

Lucky, local residents.

I envy them a bit.

Another local resident-

another bay view.

And another-

I was probably playing with the settings of the camera at this point--

but

even before I had a DSLR I took many photos of seagulls because I've always liked them!

Old smokestack--

I believe there was a mill here at one time.

Did I say I LOVE this area?

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Blessings going out from my home to yours,

Aimee