santa cruz (part 3) We both watched the sun set into the Pacific - a new day for Japan and Tel in Korea - from the cliffs of Santa Cruz, near the lighthouse on the edge of the Bay. The light was incredible, that Californian sun-setting-by-the Ocean kinda light that drew film-makers to the golden skies of Hollywood in the early twentieth century. So I drew a quick black and white pen sketch. Well actually only the pen was black, the paper was white. Nearby on the beach, troops of dogs were darting about at the breaking of the waves, their owners busy picking up the remains their over-ecited little doggy-butts left behind. Yes yes it was a beautiful and romantic evening, but you could smell a whiff of eau-de-chien on the breeze; my wife said it was the poopy beach.   The next day, after the rollercoaster, we drove north to Davenport - we had heard that you could spot whales from out there. I don't mean the country, I mean the huge blue mammal. It was supposed to be whale season. We didn't see any. We did walk down a rocky and unstable little trail to a phenomenal beach, and watched seagulls steal crackers. I drew the above in pencil (and look below to prove it, m'lud). And then we had lunch. there were lots of weekend bikers around - a whole crew of leather-clad not-quite-hell's angels, more like purgatory's angels. Part-timers. They only bite the heads off of free-range corn-fed organic chickens. Good on them, I say. And so, with this in mind, we drove back to Davis.

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martha / Website (4.4.07 02:04) Fun trip report and great sketches. I especially like the photo of you drawing in situ!

petescully / Website (5.4.07 00:01) thanks! i do like to be beside the seaside.

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