The Mesmerizing Atlantic Ocean

From Maine down to Florida, the Atlantic ocean rolls into the coastline of 13 states:

1. Maine
2. New Hampshire
3. Massachusetts 
4. Rhode Island
5. Connecticut
6. New Jersey
7. Maryland
8. Delaware
9. Virginia
10. North Carolina
11. South Carolina
12. Georgia 
13. Florida

However, I am only speaking about my location at the southern end of Myrtle Beach, SC, specifically, the resort referred to as Holiday Sands South.

Even with one of the most powerful hurricanes of the year off to our east, the waves coming into the shoreline is gentle and calm.

There is an inevitability about the waves approaching the shoreline and the idea that they will never stop approaching no matter how long you wait and watch for that to happen.

The water that comes to us at Myrtle Beach, could be coming around Limpopo and Oranje on its way up to Kongo and Senegal before heading west toward North America.

As I sit her under my umbrella and beach chair with a pillow in it for comfort, I cannot help but wonder if at one time, South America was connected to Africa and Africa and Europe were connected to The United States and Canada.

But that fantasy subordinates itself to the mystery and the mesmerizing Atlantic Ocean as it rolls up the shoreline in front of me...  and, I can just imagine how powerful the current must have been to bring it here to me.

For the entire day, I sat here listening to my audiobook and watching the constant encroachment of the water...  and, never once did I want to leave my shade, to step into the water and feel its soothing coolness.  In my heart, I am truly a voyeur... and make no apologies...  the ocean is my therapist and I traveled 7 hours to be here.