Blue sky with trails

It looked like sky writing, but not quite. 

Moonrise, high tide

The full moon was rising above the clouds.

After the storm

The wind and waves persisted long after the rain.

Before the storm

A big storm blew in our last night at the beach.  

The waves and wind picked up long before the thunderstorm.

Shore birds

We spent a few days with friends at the beach - Emerald Isle, NC.

The shore birds were busy running in and out of the waves.

Solitary sandpiper.

Willet

Laughing Gulls

And of course Brown Pelicans.