Oregon

Most people’s depth perception will kick in their survival instincts before such an idea comes to fruition.

The ocean is SO unforgiving at Cape Perpetua. My sister and I almost learned the hard way on our first visit when a sneaker wave came up a narrow gully in the volcanic rock and completely dowsed us down to our skivvies. Just a few feet closer to the edge and we’d have been swept out to sea.

It is a wildly beautiful and dramatic place and I’ve left instructions to have some of my ashes spread there. Mr. Allen of Walnut Creek just skipped the cremation part.