TIMES RECORD • July 19, 2023
I’ve tried to get my head around both physical oceanography and geology many times and it never seems to stick. But skipping rocks with my daughter recently brought a new kind of understanding. If mastering the basics isn’t enough, you can vary the challenge to include things like furthest total distance, highest number of skips, greatest height of a single skip or who can skip the biggest, wackiest, misshapen rock. Whatever rock you try, conditions you test or challenge you attempt, each toss offers a way to learn something unexpected about some of the physical aspects of Maine’s seashore. ~ Susan Olcott