"All of life is salt water...tears, sweat and the sea" ~ what does the sea mean to you.....

Lyn G - I'm with you - the color is ever changing and always beautiful to me, even when it's blackish gray.

Lyn B and Peg - I know you're both in East England, and I want you to know how much I fell in love with the North Sea.  You may say a beach is a beach is a beach, but for some reason, I couldn't take my eyes off it.  I guess I was thinking about all the history, Vikings, etc.  Thanks for sharing your story, Lyn B. 

Well, at bit late here, but for me it represents an immeense "respect" in being around it, as well as it's beauty, I have no desire to be out in it in rough seas though..I am afraid I'd need an boat with those side arms that keep it balanced and from over-turning if I were out in an boat in an storm. but what does the sea mean to me, I've been to both sides of the nation here now to two and if you count Florida, three oceans. True, the oceans on the east side are much warmer waters, it surprised me the most to think that you couldn't get to the ocean any time you wanted because they were privately owned on the Atlantic side. Here we have public beaches...as well as 1,000 feet back from any major river area. Well, I think "Rockaway" or "Garabaldi", would be the area that we have learned to do things, as to crabbing, and clam digging, I don't think they have it now though. We use to go down on the docks and help the people now and then as they painted boats and replaced wooden masts on thier sail boats and we'd just learn all kinds of things, can't do that now either. (Private). As kids though we learned the sea from "seamen", including making an fine bowl of chowder...it was interesting even just listening to them talk. Other then this it's most walking on the beach. Or going to an kite festival. Or an Sand castle building contest. When we were younger the place we went to was an jetty and it would fill with water at high tide and receed to an low pool at low tide and you could find all kinds of things, from star fish to little crabs, and some divers came there one time, and they found an new little born seal, who thought they were it's mama in their wet suits, they had to get out of there from this baby before the mother returned from feeding or she'd not take care of the baby, it still had it umbical cord attached to it. It was the cutest little thing. I  like to watch the "setting sun" on the Pacific Ocean. what is it ..I think they call it the "Magic hour" when the sun is down enough it leaves an glow to everything, but the trees are still dark for the most part, just before the sun slips over the horizon. when the sky is blue, pink, and golden in color. that's the time to watch the ocean sun-set. We use to go look for agates when I was an kid an lot also. when the Clarrisa went aground , we got to be over there then and see what damage these ships can make when they go a ground also. If you go to depoe Bay, it's rocks along the shore are full of holes that at high tide the ocean comes up the holes and sprays you with water, but hey also once an year have an Slamon Bake by the Indians that is just out of this world in eating. they have thier casino over there, we got to watch the "Flying Elvis's" come down out of the sky, like in an movie they did with Nicolas Cage one time. they come down one at an time, and hop up on stage as they play Elvis tunes until they are all together and at the end shoot out streamers from their guitars.."crazy" to be there..and fun. they have to wear special hair masks when they sky dive down also. But they all wear the white flashy suit Elvis was known for...quite an group of them. Kids of course go over with their ATV group to ride the sand dunes these days.