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I just returned from two days on the Oregon Coast. Today’s photo comes from our morning walk on Thanksgiving. Although the temperature was supposed to be in the 30s, my weather app indicated it felt like the teens with the wind chill factored in. I must agree with the weather app. By afternoon it was in the upper 40s though, and the wind died down.
11-photo photomerge of Seal Rock and Sutro Baths ruins at low tide (San Francisco, California)
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Check out the video for more on the history of this location:
And this page for some 100+ year old photos.
Seal Rocks (San Francisco, California near Cliff House)
Day one of the 2015 Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament was cloudy and/or foggy 99% of the time. Day two started out like this before some extreme wind and cloudiness hit. With about 120 courts and 1,500 participants, and growing every year, this tournament sets the record for the world’s largest sand volleyball tournament each year.
Unfortunately, the organizers are still doing most things the same way they have for years–manually. The brackets need to be automated and put online. As things stand, people have to do way too much walking to get to the boards to check for updates. In addition, courts sit empty while teams wait to play. In two days (from early morning until near dark), my daughter played a mere 4 sets. That’s right–sets, not matches. She gets more playing in a 5-set match at home (which can be accomplished in less than a couple hours) than she got in an entire two-day span.
That said, the non-junior divisions seemed to get more playing time. Teams not in the junior divisions typically got in about 10 sets over the two days.
I have been going to the Monterey / Pacific Grove / Pebble Beach / Carmel area of California since the time I was born. I did tours there in the early 1990s. I haven’t been there much in the past 15 years, maybe only three or four times. However, the beauty of the place is always shocking to me.
This past Thursday morning’s visit provided a different experience as there was no one there. We could park wherever we wanted and stroll without any crowds. This made things even better.
