Moonlight Sonata

I had planned on staying at a hostel in Seaside Oregon, its about ten minutes north of Cannon Beach, but in my haste to get to Cannon Beach I forgot to check in and reserve myself a bed. When I got there the place was full up, and I was turned away. Now I know how Mary and Joseph felt. At first a great deal of fear and anxiety swept over me. I knew I could stay at a hotel/motel, but all the ones in the area had their “no vacancy” signs on.

I was tired from my long day of walking, and the last thing I wanted to do at this point was drive around the winding coastal roads in the dark searching for a place to stay, yet I found myself doing just that. I hoped back on the 101 and started heading south, with no idea where I would find myself spending the night.

There I was all alone speeding about the coastline in search of a place to stay, when all of the sudden the most brilliant moon I have ever seen in my life broke through the clouds, if I were a werewolf now would have been the perfect time for my transformation. The brilliant glow would light my way down a clandestine path. I followed the moons light up and down the ever twisting coastal road, as I passed vacant motel after another.

It almost felt like I was being pulled along on this string, because ever time I thought about stopping at a place, something inside me told me to keep going. I was led to off the beaten path to an unmarked campsite, and when I pulled up to pay for a spot no one was there. I followed the road around the site and all the way to its end at an empty beach.

The moonlight was the brightest I can ever remember seeing and it lit the beach with a soft blue glow. I then began to look about the beach for scraps of driftwood, to start a fire with. I made a small hole around a fairly large log, and was able to get a small fire started. I went to my car, fetched my sleeping bag and lied it down beside the fire.

I laid there gazing at the stars above wile listening to the waves pounding the beach from a few yards away. I was perfectly content with my sleeping situation and drifted off into the best nights sleep I have had on my entire journey.