Pacific Ocean

What a life I’m leading this summer! Ten days ago I wrote about walking in the surf in the Atlantic Ocean in Florida. Today I’m writing about walking in the surf in the Pacific Ocean at Coronado Island in San Diego. We started the day at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, where the ocean was

Atlantic Beach, Fla.

6.55 a.m. Steel-gray skies over land and sea. Off to the northeast, rain sweeps down into the waters. The surf continually washes the beach, while the occasional beach-walker cuts a perpendicular line to the surf. And a seagull raids a trash can. Half a dozen container ships hover halfway to the horizon. And sun tries