Look closely at the picture above.
The perspective is that of myself leaning out the driver side window of a 2nd generation Toyota Prius. Toward the top you will see the reflection of a telephone pole. Toward the bottom you will see my door handle.
That is a deep puddle
If you want to cross a puddle THAT DEEP (and these have up to a 1 yard rut in the middle) you BACK IN TO THEM if you are driving a FWD car*
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Steel, big rocks, and the forces of nature.
One thing we have not been good about lately is laying in perspective. A pack of smokes, a Bic lighter, a well known coin. Remember to do this always when you want to show people something which is mind-blowing in person but “just another picture” on the internet.
Case in point, above, is about the largest wild Anemone I have ever seen. It is closed up at the moment, but that WILL expand to something larger than a basketball. That is VERY LARGE.
The only perspective in the picture are the snails to the left. Even the largest snails in the area wont grow larger than a US Quarter in diameter.
This guy was pretty big too, but not Washington big. You will recall the pictures I posted (with scale items) of the starfish I caught in a Crab pot 25 years ago. Two feet across with many legs. I was hardly able to pull it up into the boat, and judging by how many I caught over a 3 day period, the floor of the canal at that time must have been an unbelievable sight.
Center you can pick up Kimberly. Behind her, the unnatural parallel to the coast is Highway 1. Between Kimberly and I is a wave breaking, and I have my back to the ocean.
That particular image, if viewed using Google tools, will give you a 360 degree flat-view. In the past I have taken the time to get a full 3D-360. Very interesting bit of software.
When I took this one I was not resolving on the screen. Came out fine here. Center are the roots of a tree that simply wont let go.
That is the exit of a very interesting diversion tunnel that was likely built by the CCC’s or core of Engineers. At the base the cliff has been eroded away to show the GOOD WORK they did. Heavy on the pour. Solid to this day… against the pounding ocean.
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I have exited many caves and tunnels. Few open up to a view of waves breaking. Those that do are usually protruding from a cliff at some height of 10 feet to 50 feet.
Be Careful.
I dropped the other pics I liked on the front page to break up the COTS lecture.
-Schindler