Introduction
This is my second couple from the pilot-cutter romance in the prior story. But I wanted to explore other things in this story. Maybe it was some of that homesickness I mentioned earlier.
No, that isn’t quite right.
I don’t exactly miss the Oregon Coast, but I did love my time there very much. I mean how much rain, cold, gray, and fog can a person miss when they’ve moved somewhere with fifty-three more days of sun per year like Massachusetts? So, let’s call it nostalgia.
I also wanted to explore more of the skills that the US Coast Guard brings to saving lives along the Oregon Coast. One of the most challenging and dangerous rescues is the cliff rescue.
The winds, after slipping undisturbed across five thousand miles of ocean, slam into the cliffs of the Oregon Coast like
