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Ken Bondy
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California Central Coast
Elephant seals starting to arrive on the San Simeon beaches:
Zebra from Hearst herd:
Windy Cove, Morro Bay, looking towards The Rock:
Blue heron in Windy Cove:
Shorebird in Windy Cove:
Fringehead:
Flabellina trilineata:
Triopha catalinae:
Acanthodoris lutea:
carpe diem!
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Mexitron
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Those are all beautiful photos Ken! I especially like the one of Morro Rock.
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Thanks Ken!
Love them as always!
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Super photos, thank you.
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Nice collection----they are great. If I had to pick a couple of favorites, one would be the single sea lion, another would be the shore bird, and I
always have a soft spot for the fringeheads (sp) ----they just scream, adopt me, adopt me.
Thanks for sharing these.
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Thanks for sharing ... great stuff .. 
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Great pics. Nice zebra sighting, love when that happens.
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VEry nice....LOVE the light in the one of the rock in Morro Bay 
Don't believe everything you think....
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The fringhead portrait came out really good, Ken.
Last year we also walked along that beach by the museum.
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Looks like Baja.......that's why I love the Central Coast of CA.
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Ken...did you stop in at Cayucos?
http://www.cayucosbythesea.com/about.html
GREAT hide away
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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Beautiful pics.
I'll be spending the week in SLO with my daughter who attends Poly.
Montana de Oro, hiking the peaks and Firestones BBQ are my favorites!
No worries
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WOW... thanks... as usual, I loved them ALL!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Ken Bondy
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Thank you all for the very nice comments. mcfez we used to stop in Cayucos prettty regularly when they had a small dive shop at the base of the pier,
but it's gone now and we generally just fly by. We should really spend some more time there, a charming little community and the pier is a good photo
opportunity. Igor that little beach by the museum (Windy Cove) never disappoints. It is always scenic particularly in flat morning and late
afternoon light, always a lot of bird action particularly when the herons and cormorants are nesting, and you can usually find a blue heron near
Fairbanks Point, the point at the north end of the cove, farthest from the museum.
carpe diem!
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David K
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Awesome Ken, thank you!
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Ken, as a longtime resident of the Central Coast and avid hiker, I'd like to show you some of the pristine coastline scenes for your camera. Hikes
range from 10 miles to 17 miles roundtrip, take a day, and there will be no people to clog the lenses. Best in spring, few if any footprints on the
beaches. Have really enjoyed your photographs of our area. Remember fondly Al's Sporting Goods in Cayucos, got air without C Card (before C Card)
and challenged Wink's class to get it when required. Thanks for your contributions.
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
Ken, as a longtime resident of the Central Coast and avid hiker, I'd like to show you some of the pristine coastline scenes for your camera. Hikes
range from 10 miles to 17 miles roundtrip, take a day, and there will be no people to clog the lenses. Best in spring, few if any footprints on the
beaches. Have really enjoyed your photographs of our area. Remember fondly Al's Sporting Goods in Cayucos, got air without C Card (before C Card)
and challenged Wink's class to get it when required. Thanks for your contributions. |
Very generous offer Jack, would love to take you up on that sometime. I must confess that the primary purpose for our bi-monthly visits is to dive in
Morro Bay, however the topside Central Coast scenery is so magnificent that we always make some time for it. The elephant seals in San Simeon are a
big magnet for us, we think it is one of the most amazing natural sights to be seen. We have wandered all over Montana de Oro and have hiked some of
the trailheads to the north like Harmony Headlands and a few others, but would love to have a guide like you to show us the more spectacular trails.
Let's keep in touch
carpe diem!
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Nice images Ken. They are always a treat.
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Jack Swords
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Great Ken...looking specifically at Pt. Sal, adjacent to Vandenburg AFB, a million miles from civilization. Will stay in touch.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
Great Ken...looking specifically at Pt. Sal, adjacent to Vandenburg AFB, a million miles from civilization. Will stay in touch.
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We used to go out there but the road was closed last time I tried---just hoofing it in is okay? BTW, my field botany class in college got to go on a
tour of Vandenburg---some of the most beautiful intact coastal ecosystems I've ever seen, but don't know if one can get in there without some kind of
connection....
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