
Taken this month at Sandy Beach in Oahu (windward shore), Hawaii. I was relaxing on the beach watching my son take some waves on a boogie board. I was remembering swimming at this wild beach back in 1971 or 72 when I lived there with my new Navy husband. The beach kicked my ass! I had a snorkel mask and flippers on and was coming in. A huge wave caught me and pulled me under and turned me round and round holding me underwater and dragged my body through the sand. By the time I surfaced, I was crying, less one flipper and had sand packed in my bikini bottom! My husband still talks about it. There is a sign posted at the beach telling you if you are a tourist, to leave this beach alone!