This new picture up on top of the website, it was taken during the terrible fires of Autumn 2007. We fled to Santa Barbara. Actually, my wife and kids and dog and I had rented the nice house over Hendry's Beach before the big terrible Southern California fires, and the first wave of soot and red sky was caused by the Santa Ana winds blowing all the charred remains of the forgotten Zaca blaze that had burned up the backcountry since the second of September. Then came the real fires.
By late October, the sunset beach skies were blood red and El Sol vanished in the dark haze a full 15 degrees above the ocean horizon.
Still, the breeze was good and the beach was almost empty and the people, dogs and children had a fine time hiking and wading and annoying the Sea Anemones.
(When this website inevitably changes design again, the picture in question can be found here.)
