Ten Days of Reflection day one – Reflections on Throwing Rocks in the Ocean

Throwing rocks in the ocean was quite a past time of mine when my son was younger. At that time we lived very close to the beach and would often travel down and go exploring there. We would often toss rocks out as far as we could watching them splash in the water. At that time I could throw them much farther than he could.

Recently we all piled in the car to go shopping and I suggested we take the drone along for fun. The drone is more of a toy but it lets us take some pretty nice video when you fly it. I like taking the video and my son likes to fly it.

After the shopping was done, we looked around for a place to fly the drone and stopped by one of my favorite parks. The entrance to the park was gated off and closed with a big “Park Closed” sign. ‘Park Closed,’ is kind of a best kept secret known only by the locals. That means you park your car on the road and walk in. The park is much less crowded and there are no officials looking for park fees.

This is much different from some of my previous experiences at other places I’ve lived where they leave the gate open but show a “Park Closed” sign. One time I got a fifty dollar ticket from ignoring a “Park Closed” sign and being there when it was closed. But around where I live now things are done differently.

We walked along and my son flew the drone. I was hoping it would go much higher up in the sky but the batteries might have been low or my son might have been worried about losing it in the wind.

After the battery ran down I took a few pictures as the sun was setting.

I liked the way the light was reflecting off of the waves. The waves are never really big around here like they can be farther down the coast to the South.

I also liked the way there was a single person in the background looking out at the ocean. It was very beautiful that evening.

I watched as my son skipped a rock over the water. It is quite a challenge to get it right even with the gentle waves. One, two, three, four, five, the rock reflected along the surface and then settled down into the sea.

“That was quite a throw,” I said.

He looked around for other rocks and I thought of throwing some myself, but I could never skip a rock like that even when I was younger. Somehow I think that throwing rocks in the ocean is beneficial in ways to help out with the weathering of rocks and other things. What do you think?

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Thanks for reading! Pictures were taken by me with my Galaxy S7 and processed with GIMP.

More about the reflection challenge can be read HERE

I nominate anyone with a desire for reflections to try out the challenge.