I drove to one of my favorite little lookouts when I got over to the beach this weekend. The sun was shining briefly, and a handful of souls where down on the beach during the few hours when you can actually get down there on a stormy winter day.

The ocean was huge, the air was cold, and this woman, standing alone at the edge of waves, expressed it all.

The Oregon Coast is great in the summer. But in the winter, it’s magnificent.