August 16, 2014

August 16, 2014

If we were looking for cool weather, we found it. It is downright cold on California’s coast. I am not sure I would live here, but Pismo Beach is a great respite from the summer heat.

We took a second long walk on the beach. We are intrigued by the sea life washing ashore. There is even a dead seal. Big piles of kelp are scattered along the shore. Some of the kelp has thick long hollow rubbery tubes that are incredibly strong; others are flat sheets of yellow. Kelp has to be Mother Nature’s version of the first plastic.

Hundreds of sand dollars also litter the beach. On the walk back we load up with four handfuls of sand dollars. We will have to figure out how to bleach them. There is also some strange blue rubber sea creature with a cellophane-like sail attached. (A later Google search tells us it is a Velella, commonly known as a Sea Raft, that floats on the ocean surface).