Went back out this am to see the largest waves of our hurricane. As Hurricanes go, Bill has left no mark on the island, save the swells. Minimal rain or wind. But the surf is huge.

Back at Cisco, one stop down from the Bluff, as expected, the dune carvings are gone. Here’s all that is left.

Standing on the dune entrance, watching waves for about 20 minutes, several waves came up to the dunes. But while taking pictures, I noticed a series of larger waves heading to shore. The largest completely surprised me, crashing against the dune wall, rushing over the dunes, knocking me down and dragging me down to the beach. Me. Camera. Camera backpack. Blackberry.

This was the wave that killed my Nikon D90 and 18-200 VR zoom lens; 300 feet or so off-shore. Last picture I took.

I’m going to miss that camera. It could be a lot worse.