therapeutic. As you sit in the sand you look out and all you can see is a long stretch of beach in front of you, busy bodies everywhere running around, laughing. When the people clear all you can see is the water. The Gulf of Mexico, so clear and blue, the waves crashing onto the shore, cooling down the hot sand, and in the distance you see surfers riding out to catch the waves. Now living on an island in Washington State, the last thing I will find is someone out in the ocean surfing. Anacortes, Washington is home to many beaches, none of which are like that of Clearwater, but still are beautiful in their own way. When you step onto a beach in Washington, such as Washington Park, you won’t find white, hot sand, or clear oceans. Instead, you