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Post by bowiglou on Aug 2, 2007 15:54:14 GMT -5
mainly rock, though there are some areas (e.g, No Surf, Pescadaro) that have a beach...some are easy to get down, some are a pain in the ass!!.I surfed one place at the Cliffs the other day with my brother, and at times I definitely felt unsteady negotiatng the shelf-like steps ...... as I've aged I've definitely lost some of my agility!!! That's beautiful, Bow! Any stretches of beach there or all rock? |
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Post by tuneschick on Aug 2, 2007 17:16:23 GMT -5
That's gorgeous, Bow. I know you're in SoCal, but I have to say that after our trip to San Francisco last month, not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about California. So mindblowingly beautiful. We absolutely adored it...
... so much so that we're already considering a trip back next year, possibly down to your neck of the woods. This time we flew into SF and drove down to Big Sur, so next year we're considering taking a couple weeks, flying into San Diego and driving up the coast to SF. We'll see!
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Post by bowiglou on Aug 2, 2007 19:10:21 GMT -5
yeah tunes, if you don't get imbued in fog, Big Sur is spectacular..and if you do make it towards the Southern domain, I would be happy to show you around San Diego........first I'll take you to the more 'outer' regions of San Diego that house such reputable elements such as the Institution of Creationism or Klan Tee, oops, I mean Santee, or Fallbrook where white supremacists such as Metzger hailed!! it's wierd, those are areas I never go to though they are maybe 35 minutes away..but they seem a different world..I'm kinda sounding like a spoiled coastal-kid, but let's just say, this jewish liberal knee-jerk pacifist wouldnt' stand a chance in some of those inland areas!!!!! do any of you have areas like that?...where you may be living somewhere a bit more cosmopolitan/liberal, but you can literally drive 30 minutes away and it's as if your in redneck country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's gorgeous, Bow. I know you're in SoCal, but I have to say that after our trip to San Francisco last month, not a day has gone by that I haven't thought about California. So mindblowingly beautiful. We absolutely adored it... ... so much so that we're already considering a trip back next year, possibly down to your neck of the woods. This time we flew into SF and drove down to Big Sur, so next year we're considering taking a couple weeks, flying into San Diego and driving up the coast to SF. We'll see! |
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Post by Fuzznuts on Aug 2, 2007 19:25:35 GMT -5
It's just redneck all over around here.
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Post by samplestiltskin on Sept 25, 2007 22:19:30 GMT -5
two hours from my new "home".    straight out of The Goonies... |
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 14, 2008 19:26:11 GMT -5
This is for you, Phil: as a follow-up to my post #412 regarding the hickory tree, since we've had some interesting firewood discussions...
Man, that hickory tree is one dense, hardwood rick of firewood! Here it is six months that the thing's been drying, and the sticks still feel like you're picking up an iron pipe! As I said before, the trunk is only about 9 or 10 inches, but counting the rings, the tree was about 75 years old! All those years spent trying to get its pathetic little "canopy" of leaves higher than the rest. Sad. Poor little tree.
Well, all these times that I've stressed to you how much faster firewood can season down here... not so with this little axe-handle of a tree! The trunk pieces still refuse to split without the utmost difficulty. It does burn reasonably well, but hisses quite a lot! Smells good too. The logs sure last a long time, though!
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Post by phil on Jan 15, 2008 18:44:45 GMT -5
Hickory ... Not an essence you see much in my part of the woods ! I wonder if hickory would make planks you can BBQ salmon on ...   Nice to see you return here btw ... |
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 18, 2008 18:42:51 GMT -5
Thanks, I like to keep in touch from time to time!  Don't have much hickory up there, eh? It's very hard and dense, related to pecan and walnut. Popular for tool handles (that's one way you're likely to see it there!) and smoking meats. I don't have a smoker or I'd have put away a stash of green chunks to soak in water and throw on the BBQ coals. Actually had to break down and buy some wood. No bad spring storms or summer/fall hurricanes to cull any of the tall ones in my woods this year. Not actually complaining on that... BTW, nice pics, samps. |
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Post by phil on Jan 18, 2008 19:29:26 GMT -5
straight out of The Goonies...Oh! I thought it was a Wookie !!
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 14, 2008 2:45:45 GMT -5
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 14, 2008 16:33:56 GMT -5
i did a double take a couple-three weeks ago when i drove down a street up the block from us and there was this hawk probably a foot and a ½ tall, just standing there in someones driveway, right out in the open at about 10 in the morning.
i drove past, not sure that i saw what i thought i saw.
so i backed up verrrry slowly, right past him and he didn't budge.
seems he had a squirrel on the ground in his claws...probably finishing him off....tho i didn't see any movement from the lunch-squirrel.
i checked him out while sitting in my car and drove past him and off to work...and he hardly budged.
outside of the zoo, i'd never seen one THAT close up.
cool stuff!
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 15, 2008 1:51:59 GMT -5
It's awesome to see stuff like that to me. I saw an eagle or hawk a couple of years ago that way. I surprised him in the road and he flew off with a very large snake in his talons -- I believe it was a road kill. These red shouldered hawks are not as large as that, but still impressively large (you can get an idea of the girth from the pics), and they fly like a fighter jet. It's something to see them in action.
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Post by RocDoc on Mar 15, 2008 13:33:42 GMT -5
count me in that club, strat!
i might've written here before about going to mississippi palisades state park on the mississippi river (naturally) in savannah illinois one april for my birthday...and in a deserted grove of norway pines, in like a noon-ish overcast, we saw a group of 12 bald eagles ascend from one tree (maybe two trees) and hover right over us (after we parked our car further from where from where we'd first spotted 1-2 of them...and then walked quietly over), probably protecting their nests from us intruders.
now THAT was one i made sure i fixed in my mind, to be sure i wouldn't exaggerate it
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 15, 2008 23:56:13 GMT -5
The hawks had a busy day around here today! (I think there are at least two groups in the immediate vicinity now.) They are so damn timid and elusive, it is very frustrating! I will keep trying. But after writing just last night about seeing a bird with a snake, a funny thing happened today: I heard a couple of them crying out like crazy and I looked outside to see one of the hawks flying up from the creekbed with a snake in his talons! Nice work! Boy, he seemed to be proud of that thing, too! He flew from tree to tree with it, snacking on it when he lit. They just crowed on and on about it. He took it to the nest in the pine tree and left some of it with his mate, who could be seen chowing down on it later, then flew off with it again. He worked on it most of the afternoon. Note the snake hanging down from his talons  Preparing lunch  Mmmm, mmm, good!  He's got his left talon up in this one, adjusting his grip. It's a little hard to see. You can see the snake better in the raw images but they are awfully large files. |
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Post by strat-0 on Mar 16, 2008 0:01:35 GMT -5
Doc, I've seen several golden eagles around here, and of course many red tailed hawks. Saw a few bald eagles several years ago on a float trip down the Cahaba River. It would be something to see 12 of them! Yes, one remembers seeing them. (Also had a turkey flutter off just in front of us at dusk, which absolutely scared the shit out of us!)
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