I had taken a trip to Northern California and a rain storm led me out of the park I was visiting. I decided to take a trip into Oregon to see the beaches and avoid the rain. When I arrived at Gold Beach the sky was cloudy, but there was no rain. I left my car to take pictures during low tide. Examining the beach, I saw a place in the distance that I wished to photograph. After walking a mile it began to rain heavily. I quickly put my camera away and tried to run through the muddy sand back to my car. I took me fifteen minutes. Thoroughly drenched, I made it to the embankment where I was parked and the rain stopped. Upset as I was, I turned around to notice the beach had been abandoned and the footsteps washed away. This is the time I took my series of photos I titled, “Tides Have Turned.” The photo framed here is the first of three images produced from this event.