You may wonder what one has to do with the other. Well, the wind was howling today down at Venice Beach, and the sand blowing over the berms reminded me of the time years ago that a group of us got lost for four hours in a sandstorm (dust storm?) in Death Valley. Visibility was about 5 feet that day. Four vehicles were going bumper to bumper, and still we lost one of them. We went from a dirt road to driving in some sand dunes, to a field of rocks, and after 4 hours, managed to find out way back to Stovepipe Wells - thanks to a compass in one of the vehicles. There is a landing strip there for small aircraft - just before the storm, the wind sock as limp, but within seconds (or less) was blowing straight out. Those storms come up rather suddenly.
The wind at the beach today felt almost as strong. Too much sand in the air to take my camera out.
Hope you all have a great week.
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