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SUNRISE AT DEATH VALLEY-Photo by Tom Cochrun

Monday, June 10, 2013

TREASURES DESTROYED & THE REAL DEAL

IDIOTS OF THE PERNICIOUS SORT
    A New York Times piece by Felicity Barringer got my blood boiling.  She detailed the work of vandals in National Parks, Monuments and other priceless settings. Perhaps before we knew better we carved our initials in a tree or on an old log. While it may have been a bit destructive, it is nothing like the senseless or stupid desecration of wilderness done by spray painting or cutting, or malicious damage. Shame on the idiots and their friends or family who condone it.  
      Warning!  If I see you up to this pernicious behavior, you will be confronted.  A couple of years ago, in the height of fire season, I saw an Hawaiian shirt bedecked German tourist wandering off the path, despite warning signs, collecting pine cones, despite prohibition warnings, his hands and arms full while a cigarette dangled from his lip. Though I speak no German, he understood my castigation, the look on his face revealed that.  Impishly I smile a bit about that fool's wandering from the path in his shorts and flip flops as he waded through a healthy patch of poison oak!
THE REAL DEAL IN MORRO BAY
     Authentic California fishing village scenes still play out in Morro Bay.
   Fewer boats operate out of the town, landmarked by the Morro Rock, than when we first wandered into the water front for a supply of fresh sea food many years ago.


  But it is still an operating fishing port and I'm fascinated by the work and activity there.

  Tourists who flock to the embarcadero as well as locals have some great choices for fresh sea food and dining. Giovanni's and Tognazzini's are both sure bets.

   On an ancient trip up the coast, when we were still mid-westerners, I thought the "stacks" at the power plant were a blight on the sea front.  Now that we've been out here for several years, we've adopted the attitude of most of the locals and natives, they are part of the land and sea scape-a kind of marker on the coast.
  See you down the trail.

6 comments:

  1. And Madeline's Restaurant in Cambria usually has fresh fish from Morro Bay on their menu. Maybe the Sea Chest as well.

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    1. I think some of the oysters served at the Sea Chest may include those from the Morro Bay bed.

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  2. Looks like a nice beach over there by Morro Rock. I see a Bay Cruiser. Would they take you over and drop you for the day and pick you up later? Or is the rock covered with odoriferous gull guano?

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  3. You can actually drive close to the Rock and can walk out to it. There is some guano, but it is not odoriferous nor is there much of it it.
    The cruiser is for going further into the bay, whale watching in season and sight seeing. There is also a larger boat with chef on board for evening dinner cruises, though we have not done that yet.

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  4. Are those seals in the water in that first photo? Great shots.

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  5. Those are harbor seals, looking for hand outs I guess. Thanks.

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