Fort Bragg's First Friday Ugly Dog Contest

My personal favorite!

Dogs! Why do they love us so?

Interesting morning, icky and timeless.

I happened upon a Skunk that had been hit by a car.

Dead as a doornail. It didn't even have a chance to spray!

I was amazed by it's sharp teeth and claws!

Looking up, the full moon. Maybe the reason the skunk was out and about.

Shopping Carts

I have been taking photos of shopping carts I have spotted at various places around town. This one is at the trail head of Glass Beach.

Which is just over one and a half miles from it's point of origin.

But the traveling days of Safeway shopping carts have come to an end. The other day I noticed the front right wheels has been replaced with a new type of wheel.

And a wire embedded in the asphalt around the perimeter of the Safeway property. When a shopping cart is pushed beyond the wire....

A little plastic skid is released disabling the wheel. Here's how.

Taking granny for a walk.

My mother-in law is visiting for a month. Yesterday afternoon we took her for a walk over the Pudding Creek Trestle and out the Haul Road to Virgin Creek and back.

There were a lot of folks enjoying the beach at Pudding Creek.

The sky was so clear the Kings Range was visible, even the point near Cape Mendocino.

I checked to see what the distance from Pudding Creek Trestle to Cape Mendocino is (as the crow flies) and it is sixty four miles! Definitely a clear air day!

The surfing people were catching waves at Virgin Creek.

Someone, possible from Ricochet Ridge Ranch, enjoying a ride along the beach.

And then there was this guy!! He was looking down on us from the debris pile at Baxman Gravel!! All in all a beautiful, interesting walk

A town with a train and a coast guard!

The steam engine returning from a Northspur run.

Early morning Coast Guard training run.

The Carny was in town.

Of course I visited early in the morning before all the hoop-la started!!

I hope everyone had a good time!

Look what I happened upon!!

This is a group of bicyclists from the Paradise/Chico area doing my Fort Bragg Oddities tour!

They had laminated my brochure and had additional copies to take with them on their bikes. This is the second year some in the group have done this. They camp at Mackerricher State Park for several days and do day trips around the area; the Oddities Tour being one of their adventures. How cool is that!!

Print out your own self guided tour here.