Paradox,
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours...
Morro Bay is a beautifull place to be...now if we could just get rid of the cooling towers the place would be perfect. I hear it's been discussed.
Posted by Parallax at November 27, 2008 07:58 AM"Campsites were already going in at Morro Bay State Park when the WPA began revising the existing nine hole golf course in 1936. Many of the improvements were financed by a group of 150 businessmen and golfers who pledged yearly membership fees of $36.
In 1939 the population of Morro Bay had soared to 400."
...Everything old is new again. What will they name The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration) this time around? How about "project Bush-cure"?
Posted by TIKI AL at November 27, 2008 10:44 AMHi Paradox:
Thank you for your good wishes. Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family and the other LeftCoaster bloggers who have given so much of your time, energy and ideas throughout this dramatic year.
Your website has been a staple for me for the last few years.
Thanks again.
Jonathan.
Posted by at November 27, 2008 10:58 AMFifth generation Californian here and I always favored the cod over the salmon. Old family get togethers up there where we all set out to live off the land, brought fresh caught lobsters, cod, albacore, abalone and more tossed into a big kettle set over a campfire on the beach. We thought California would always provide this for us. We were so young, so naive and ever so inadequate.
Posted by at November 27, 2008 12:39 PMTo all, Happy Thanksgiving!
Paradox, keep an eye open for the sea otters at Morro Bay. They're there! When my wife and I visit my parents in S. Calif., we also stop at Pismo for a couple of nights.
Posted by Craig at November 27, 2008 03:05 PMOh, what a wonderful place to spend Thanksgiving, paradox. I love waking to the cacophony of wild life and the sound of the waves breaking on the coast. It's true we humans do not always give the care we should to lovely places like that. Yet it is places like that which we owe to do what we can to protect for those who follow us in this world.
Glad that you were able to cook and take pleasure in the company of your family.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Left Coaster community.
Posted by Mary at November 27, 2008 05:51 PMHappy Thanksgiving paradox.
As always, you take me back.
After leaving the San Jose area I went south to Santa Maria. My new friends in the area were always taking me on trips to Morro Bay. Used to hike Montana de Oro State Park, some would dive for Abalone, while others would just chill out and picnic.
Too bad Diablo Canyon is so close, what a perfect name for a Nuclear Power Plant.
Pismo Beach and the clam digging. Had a friend get married up in Harmony. Of course Hearst Castle is always a fun visit.
I could go on... hope your visit turns out well. This time of year, I love the green rolling hills and large oaks that dot the ladnscape. A part of the country that is ingrained in my being.
here in the high desert of SE Utah we were thankful to have a rainy day ! snow in the mountains (LaSals) replenish the aquifer / our town has a big free community dinner for Thanksgiving and Christmas with many businesses and private contributions / a wonderful meal and a wonderful day for a most beloved town and to top it off Jupiter, Venus, and the Moon will be seen together in the next few nights in the SW sky
Katherine
Posted by Katherine Hunter at November 28, 2008 06:19 AMOff the San Diego Coast barges have been at work and last month completion was announced of a new reef, supporting a massive kelp bed. The effort was funded by SDG&E to replace beds damaged by the warm (but unpolluted) effluent of the San Onofre nuclear plant. The reef was completed on schedule and at no cost to taxpayers.
I'm no fan of SDG&E in general, but sometimes they keep their promises.
Posted by Bill H at November 28, 2008 07:29 AM