OK, chased off the beach by high winds. Last night was a bitch and I 'slept' in the truck. Went out today to La Gringa north of LA Bay to spend the night and the winds were screaming there too. So tonight I wimp out with a room and a hot 'shower.' Of course it´s now dead calm in town.
Tomorrow I´m meeting a group from the LA Bay Natural History Museum to go for a hike. Something about palm trees, running stream, and lots of rock art. We are gathering at 6am and it´s supposed to be a long day. I will camp at the trail head instead of coming back to the bay. From there north. I was going to make a run to Mission Santa Maria, but decided I really don´t have enough time.
I will spend one night at Punta Finale (near Gonazga Bay) and hopefully get my chain back from Vaun. From there a wash camp south of San Felipe, then a border crossing. I plan on coming home Friday.
Now, yesterday. I was up before the sun to take pictures, but the sky was dark. I was sitting in the truck eatting breakfast when I saw something flap on the beach. I ignored it, until the gulls started to swarm. I walked down and the beach was covered with squid. I counted at least 35 beached or almost beached. Some were trying to get back out to the Gulf, but 23 didn´t make it. CARNAGE on the Gulf. The gulls had a fiest. By the mid afternoon there were 83 gulls feeding on the squid. It was cool watching the squid change colors from red, to white, to gray, to what ever. I approached one for pics and it´s tenticals started waving in a very mean way. Tons of pics. Bird of the week was a reddish egret. Never seen one before.
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This will be probably my last post before I get back.
