Marlene and Paul 3-11-60? 63? 65?. I'm never quite sure what that
last number is. Has this message been on this rock for more than 40 years?
Was it a teenage dare back in the `60's? A 10th anniversary message?

Maybe it was a passing fancy, a crush that lasted just a moment.

I like to think that maybe they have had 47 years together; perhaps they've
weathered all the same kinds of things the rock has, harsh storms, warm
summers, shifting sands, new days, together.

I like to picture an older Marlene and Paul visiting the place where they
dashed down to the beach with a small can of black paint, all those years
ago, rebelling a bit one night, leaving their mark. Do they smile
and think, `Well look at that, we're still us, all these years later.'