Because of the orientation of our coastline is
Southeast to Northwest, when a North east wind is blowing it causes the tide to be higher than normal. This creates a condition that those of us who live in Carova call "No Beach". So, driving to work on the "No Beach" can be a challenge.
This morning I got caught off guard. Usually if there is a nor'easter going on everyone it's blowing like crazy and everyone knows the beach will be bad. During a true nor'easter the beach is only passable at low tide. On the morning show today the weather forcaster did indeed mention a low pressure system was down around Georgia and would be heading up the coast this weekend. I did not, however, expect there to be "No Beach". Oh, some parts of the 10 mile journey were fine where the beach is normally nice and wide. But then there's those spots, and we all know where they are, where you are going to drive through the ocean. The worst this morning was in front of "Laughing Gull" which is an oceanfront house in Swan Beach that was built in the 70's when the beach was much wider. Now, waves routinely break beneath the house. So, we play the "game". The object of the game is wait, wait, wait, watch the waves and time them so the water is moving out --- and then floor it!! Well, you don't want to go too fast or you'll be pushing all that nice salty water up into every crack in your engine. But, you don't want to go too slow and risked getting bogged down in the waterlogged sand. Then you got Trouble with a capital "T".
So all that stuff on the side of my Surburban? That's a lovely mixture of beach sand and sea foam spit up by my extra wide tires. OK, Mother Nature, time for some rain. My 'burb needs a bath!
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