The donut shop had a lines running 1/2 a block long and we didn't want to wait with a bunch of possibly sick strangers. We went down a block and found a coffee shop. We were third in line and masked up. Met a couple of locals on the way. One suggested that "if we stopped voting for Isreal then all the white supremacy would go away." He had that rough sleeper look as a number of folks in town do. His comments, repeated a couple of times, were not directed to us or anyone else actually. He was wondering down the street and letting folks know his bit of wisdom.
We got our coffee and sat at the bench outside the shop. Then we met Mike who came up on a bike. He was born in Fort Bragg but was moved by his family to Switzerland for 20 years until he found his way back. He looked to be about 40 or so. He mentioned that he had spent some time in Oregon as we were discussing bike safety and the differing attitudes in re safety between USA and Switzerland. He had the look of a guy spending a lot of time outdoors and mentioned that he was glamping on some family land about 6 miles south of Fort Bragg. Sounded like he would ride into town every day, a ride of about 6 miles.
Mike didn't have anything to say about White Supremacy or the Jewish question. It did seem that he had a bit of the socialist bent however.
We went back to the same beaches we were at yesterday. It being Saturday there were more tourists about. We wanted to get down to Glass Beach as Barb wanted to pick up some of glass. The beach is now off limits as apparently too many folks have been carting off the glass! The access to the back looked like it has been eroded and seemed so steep as to be dangerous.
The story on the beach is an interesting one. The site is the old town dump. And it seems they dumped refuse to old cars at the spot. then they came to their senses and decided that it's not good to dump in the ocean. But then the folks started to pick up the glass and basically clean it up. Well, now that is not so good either. It seems that a lot of the sea life found the junk and glass bits providing nutritional odds and ends. So stopping the dumping actually caused problems with the sea life! Who would have guessed and that cleaning it up was not a good thing either!
Here is a picture of Barb on her chair, don't ask why her pockets are bulging!
We grilled a couple of steaks last night over a smokey Joe webber grill. The steaks came out just a touch overdone, but quite serviceable. We ate on the picnic table and augmented with sautéed mushrooms.
The weather has been between the mid 50s to the high 60s. We are wearing fleece jackets and shorts, which is enough to keep us comfortable. We are getting intermitten sun and I'm getting time in the lounge chair to keep my legs brown.
We also got a blue tooth speaker at the local Radio Shack. We been playing some oldies all afternoon. It seems to be improving the mood as Barb has been painting and I've been reading for the most part.
I think that is it for the moment. We might venture to the beach for the sunset tonight.
Tomorrow we may look at the pygmy forest, which is an area with some stunted trees and trails to hike.
Stay tuned!
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