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Hey Pomp.. glad to see your on the move again......
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
I first saw this bridge in the early 70's and immediately recognized it in the TV series "Then Came Bronson". Every episode started with him riding
across it giving you a sense of the romantic freedom of riding a motorcycle. Thereafter, to us, it became the 'Then Came Bronson' Bridge.
As I'm sure you know, it's the Bixby Bridge.
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Igor, what an odd coincidence that you should mention that TV Series, "Then Came Bronson". Back in the 80's & 90's, I was doing a lot of
cross-country motorcycling and whenever I was cruising through thick woods, my surroundings always reminded me of a certain Bronson episode from
1970.
The Forest Primeval
"Bronson decides to take a bike trip to the Los Padres National Forest and runs into trouble when his motorcycle falls down an embankment."
I still think of that today when driving through some dense forest.
Too weird. I can almost hear the music from Twilight Zone now....
| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
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Your pictures reminded me how beautiful it is where I lived. I actually left the television set and went for a walk. The mustard plants are
now blooming. Will try to get an image of one of the fields. This only lasts about 3 weeks.
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I grew up with all kinds of crops blooming in our fields...and still love the sight of a flax or mustard feild when flowering.
Here we are in both below...blue for flax and yellow for mustard. The Coffee Pot pours black, thanks, no cream, no sugar.
Thanks For The Memories!
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Moss Landing just south of SF. A quaint seaside town with it's marina waiting for your boat. I liked the sailboat name, Moonshadow.
Moss landing is quite aways south of SF. Moss Beach, just a mile north of Skipjack Joes place, is a little south of SF.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
Moss Landing just south of SF. A quaint seaside town with it's marina waiting for your boat. I liked the sailboat name, Moonshadow.
Moss landing is quite aways south of SF. Moss Beach, just a mile north of Skipjack Joes place, is a little south of SF. |
Thanks Bob, I've stayed in both places a few times and realize the name similarities and locations on the same stretch of coast often mix me up when
writing these reports. Just south and close to SF, Moss Beach, Granada, and Half Moon Bay are home to a few old Baja chums whom I visit
frequently...and further south, Moss Landing also has some great memories. Gracias for making the clarification.
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Spring mustard fields in Half Moon Bay.
As promised I went out and took this image in front of our high school. The school is behind the row of trees at the top. This field always blooms in
January. We never have a winter here on the coast. We go from fall right to spring. The plum and apple trees will follow soon after the mustard grass.
And then the goldfinches will appear ...
It's a cycle I look forward to.
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Yellow...warms one up!
Always a colorful addition to any road trip.
Location: Saskatchewan. Here's some bloomin' canola we enjoyed while on a fishing trip to the lakelands.
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Here's some more Canola in Alberta, Canada
much bigger planted fields than mustard:
[Edited on 1-15-2013 by durrelllrobert]
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Canola..........Wasn't that called Rapeseed originally? I think the name was changed to sound more palatable when they started producing the cooking
oil.
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Hola Pompano !
Welcome back...your posts and pic are always great !! BTW..That Cutter (Dorado) was in monterey harbor refueling a few days back.....A fine vessel
with pride !! K&T
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Canola..........Wasn't that called Rapeseed originally? I think the name was changed to sound more palatable when they started producing the cooking
oil. |
Right you are, Dennis...and canola and rape(seed) are still common names for the same thing. Part of the mustard family..along with turnip,
watercress, horseradish, and radish. Beehives are also needed in great numbers for this crop.
'Canola' is made up from using the words Canada and oil.
I love dry Canadian humor as shown in this town sign I pass by when on fishing trip to northern Saskatchewan. Funny stuff - PG13.
[Edited on 1-16-2013 by Pompano]
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Castles, Rocks, and Soup
Note: Writing on a Baja forum is about as close as I can get to actually being in Baja right now, but Hey, I’ll take what I can.
Hmmm....My coach klaxon just started playing..“On the Road Again”…so I guess it's time to say... "And away we go!"
(musical quotes with thanks to Willie Nelson and Jackie Gleason)
I have a couple route choices.
One… I could go to Florida and enter the Great Python Hunt underway there. Seems those huge reptiles have taken over the
Glades and are eating all the alligators. Some nice rewards for the captures…dead or alive. The biggy so far is an 11 footer. They can go to 20.
Hmmmm….I’ll be needing some bigger bait. ”Uh..ever been to Miami, babe?”
Two… I had an offer to become a cage fighter after a promoter saw me in action at a recent fishing tackle garage sale in
Half Moon Bay. That could work for about 5 seconds….unless..? I ”Uh…ever heard of a tag-team, babe?”
But naw…I’ll stay on this thread’s route….the Pacific Coast of California.
For me, the best way to see the entire Pacific coastline is by going from north to south. Hwy 1 (and parts of Hwy 101) along the Pacific Coast is
the best direction for a large RV to travel. Going south (..and hopefully you’re in the right-hand lane..) you can more easily pull off into the
scenic views and points of interest.
After all these years and travels, America never fails to amaze and thrill me.
And being a camera bug just gives me a reason....
“Okay, okay..…I was just kidding about the tag-team and those gators…honest!”
“C’mon, lets hit that pretty beach. I’ll get the picnic basket, vino, and blanket.”
Its no small wonder this inlet is called “The Devils Cauldron”.
In the spirit of this road trip I revisited many great places along the coasts of Wash, Oregon & California..and, since my last post, down through
Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Big Sur.
Coming upon this familiar landmark, I decided to also revisit the famous Hearst Castle monument near San Simeon.
That place is unreal…full of history and intrigue. It’s motto could be: It’s NICE to be Mega-Rich!
It was nostalgia-time renewing some past memories of another trip thru this area and to the Castle. Back then, I posted more info about the Castle in
another non-baja vacation thread.
Caution: It’s a long, long, & rambling thread! Be warned.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=46966#pid5363...
Driving south from San Simeon and the Castle we come upon….
MORRO BAY
My photo shows the towering 576 foot rock standing watch over Morro Bay Harbor. Some have dubbed it “The Gibraltor of the Pacific”. Locally
known as Morro Rock, it’s the last chain in a long-extinct volcanoes known as “The Morros”.
Ah…some history.
Long before any white man set foot on this coast, the Chumash Indians hunted and fished in the shadow of Morro Rock. Studies have dated their
artifacts as early as 4700 BC.
In more modern days, during his voyage of discovery, a non-North Dakotan named Juan
Cabrillo named Morro Rock because of its shape…a dome. It became a frequent stop for Spanish galleons sailing along the coast. In 1587, a captain
named Pedro de Unumuno, put into Morro Bay and claimed the land for Spain…naturally no Vikings were around at the time to dispute him.
From the 1800’s, Morro Rock had been used as a source of materials for breakwaters throughout the state. Years of quarrying forever changed the shape
of the monolith, although it still covers 50 acres at the base. In 1968, after extensive citizen effort and outcry, Morro Rock was declared a State
Historical Landmark. It is now a refuge for the endangered Peregrine Falcon, and climbing on the rock itself is illegal.
For the avid fisherman, like moi, the waters around Morro Bay offer Boccaccio, Red Snapper, Ling Cod, Red Rock Cod, Widow Bass, Blue Bass, and
Cabezon. King Salmon run from February to November, Albacore from September to November, and Halibut from July to November.
I found lots to do in Morro Bay, such as the Museum of Natural History, some art & antique galleries, a round of golf, a walk along the
Embarcadero to see the Aquarium and the Giant Chessboard…plus the waterfront itself. There is even a Great Blue Heron Rookery nearby.
Cruising south again, down the Coast on Hwy 1 brings us to my next stop...PISMO BEACH
The name Pismo comes from the Chumash word for tar, which was gathered from tar springs in Price Canyon near Pismo Beach. It was a valuable product
used to caulk canoes. The Pismo clam was named for the long wide beach where so many were once found. Once so abundant they were harvested with plows
on the beach, giving the city the name "Clam Capital of the World", the Pismo clam is now greatly diminished. What did they think would happen after
using plows to harvest them?
That wharf at Pismo was built in 1882, followed by a full length pier built in 1924. After it suffered considerable storm damage, the pier was
renovated again in 1985.
Did you know the Pismo Clam is one of the largest types of clams found along the California Coast. These clams can reach up to several inches in
length, with the largest Pismo Clam being on record at seven and three-eights inches long and around 26 years old.
These specific clams are credited for bringing in an enormous amount of tourism to the Pismo Beach area. It was believed that at one time an estimated
150,000 people once sought out these clams in Pismo Beach during a single weekend. Now, however, due to many hungry Sea Otters, the amounts of clams
that can be found on the beach of Pismo has dramatically decreased. Also, in 1986 a “No Fishery” rule for clams was imposed, as a way to try and
preserve most of these clams.
Although the clam can be found sometimes in entrances to bays, sloughs and estuaries, they are most commonly found on broad, sandy beaches that have
strong surf…like the ones I have shown here.
Every October the City of Pismo Beach holds their annual “Clam Festival”, as a way to honor and celebrate all that the Pismo Clam has done for the
City.
A great spot if you like driving, walking, riding, or camping on the beach.
Yes, even in your motorhome! Naturally you do this....AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Fatalities are rare, though...and mostly it's just a pleasant and fun day. A plus is...it is far less crowded in the winter!
And for the less risky, but definitely satisfying...downtown Pismo Beach offers this:
I saw the sign.
I stopped.
Life is good.
Well, alrighty then! We enjoyed fresh hot cinammon rolls & other goodies right out of the baker's oven. Yummm....While comparing bite marks.
We better get back on the road and work off some of those cinnamon calories. 
“Okay! 15 miles? That’s far enough. Better pull over into that parking lot ahead.”
PEASOUP ANDERSENS…BUELTON, CA.
Why do so many truly enjoy stopping at Peasoup Andersens? Got to be the honest and friendly atmosphere…and some very good food is just… frosting on
the cake, so to speak!
Naturally, I had to spend some time in the upstairs reading library of the café, where I found lots of history.
It's another Come to America and Succeed Story.
It all began on Friday, June 13th, 1924. Earlier Anton Andersen, born in Denmark purchased land and started a horse/cattle ranch and a dairy farm.
So later on, when the area had prospered sufficiently to warrant it, Anton and his wife, Julliete, bought some more land and a building and started
the first café.
Anton, who was trained in exclusive restaurants in Europe and New York, put his tuxedo in mothballs and donned a bib apron, soon to become his
personal trademark. He and his charming wife, Juliette, opened a tiny restaurant and named it "Andersen's Electric Cafe," in honor of their prized
possession, a new electric stove.
It was a complete about-face for Andersen, who had just come from New York, where he had been associated with world-class establishments such as
Marguerey, Voisin, Louis Sherry and other notable establishments and restaurateurs of the day. He helped open the Los Angeles Biltmore until he tired
of the rat race (as he put it) associated with city hotels. So, from catering to the gourmet trade, Anton and Juliette began their new venture by
serving simple, wholesome everyday foods. hot cakes and coffee, ice cream sodas and such, to highway travelers. Their first customers were the
salesmen, tourists and truck drivers who drove the main highway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
The cafe was on the road to the fabulous Hearst Castle at San Simeon and as this was the heyday of Hearst's newspaper empire, many of the Hearst
writers and reporters, such as Arthur Brisbane and 0.0. McIntyre developed the habit of stopping at Andersen's. Their praise of excellent food and
hospitable atmosphere was carried in their newspaper columns throughout the entire country.
In 1928, the Andersen's sank a well and built a hotel and dining room for their now quite popular cafe. They named their new establishment the
"Bueltmore," a play on words referring to Anton's days with the Biltmore.
Anton was quite a character, especially famous for his extraordinary capacity to remember faces and names without error. Soon celebrities were
stopping for a meal on their way up and down the coast. Apparently the young Victor Borge was among the famous people who visited Andersen's in the
early days. When he would enter the cafe the two men, Victor and Anton, would let out a whoop followed by rapid fire Danish at full volume, much to
the amazement of the other customers. At the same time, Santa Barbarans and other Southern Californians were discovering Andersen's and learning to
plan their outings and trips to enable them to make the stop.
Juliette was devoutly Catholic; she and young Robert attended mass in Solvang at Mission Santa Inez, one of California's original missions. She was a
gracious woman, warm and friendly to all those around her. Juliette was from the east of France and an expert cook, so she prepared many of the
recipes she had brought with her; the most popular with the customers was her split pea soup. Many special dishes now appear
on the large Andersen menu, still the most popular specialty of all and the one which finally changed the name of the restaurant is Juliette's tasty
and nourishing split pea soup.
They drew a large repeat customer base and caught the attention of many tourists from the large cities. As said before, the roadside cafe was popular
with the Hollywood crowd, also, which helped advertise their claim as a fine restaurant.
With the demand for their split pea soup increasing steadily, the Andersen's soon had to locate large suppliers of peas far from their area. Just
three years after the first bowl was served, they were amazed to realize they needed to order ONE TON of peas! When Anton faced the problem of what to
do with one ton of peas, he solved it by putting them in the window, proclaiming the restaurant, "The Home of Split Pea Soup," the slogan it carries
to this day.
Though a ton of peas seemed a staggering amount then, Andersen's today "splits" many tons of peas every month, transforming them into the famed soup.
..averaging thousands of bowls a day! I have to confess I felt a little bad when I ate lunch there and did not order any pea
soup….BECAUSE I HATE SPLIT-PEA SOUP!..AND ANY COOKED OR CANNED PEAS!! Fresh in the pod is okay, though.
In recognition of the restaurant's pre-eminence as probably the world's foremost pea purchaser, the pea growers of Idaho have named Andersen's the
location for the start of the annual "National Split Pea Soup Week" every November, to honor the pea and the delicious soup it makes.
There's no secret about the Andersen's Soup recipe...quite the contrary, for Andersen's even has bags of split peas with the recipe included in their
specialty foods department. But, even with the recipe, many find that their soup just doesn't taste quite the same as the restaurant's. Perhaps it's
the magical touch that Juliette lent to the cauldrons and ladles so many years ago!
Peasoup Andersens
Even with all it’s expansion and crowds, I’ll always stop every time I pass by…even though I’m not having any pea soup!
[Edited on 1-31-2013 by Pompano]
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Thank you for the great post Roger.
There used to be an Andersen's in Carlsbad (big windmill at I-5 & Palomar Airport road)... After so many years, left and the building is now a
TGIF restaurant/ bar. Nice to read and see the original location is still in business. I think there was one in Santa Nella (I-5) and also south of
Fresno (99), too?
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Pompano,
Have driven those stretches of road so often, I can do them in my sleep. Can see your distaste for peas, however, Anderson's soup can't hold a candle
to real Dutch "snert" ,the Dutch variation of peasoup.
Make it here once in a while, but can't come close to my Mom's.
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Roger- We are in town, stop by if you come this way.
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Peasoups. Dutch, Norsk, or French. Si, por que no? But I did not dislike ALL Peasoups. In fact, there was one I liked very much.
When I was a tadpole at our cottage on a ND lake, we had a great character living at his retirement home not far from our place. He had once owned a
tavern and got his knickname, 'Peasoup', when he was cooking a large potful and it boiled over...folks said the bar had a faint peasoup smell forever
after. 
Here's a favorite snapshot taken by my Dad of Peasoup teaching my older brother (waving) and me how to row a boat in a straight line. After that we
learned to troll flies for some large crappies. That's my kind of Peasoup.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Vince
Roger- We are in town, stop by if you come this way. |
Done deal, Vince.
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what a neat trip you are taking. I too have often taken that road from the south to the north of California and back down. went to school in san
diego and santa cruz ....
I did not realize the Anderson's in Carlsbad had left ???
The picture of the Christmas shop is great. A must see.
someone sure had a bad hair day with that motorhome on the beach.
Happy travels and continue posting mucho, por favor.
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Roger,
You surely must have driven by that Madonna Inn by the highway. That's the pink hotel at SL Obispo that's been there for ages. Does it have an
interesting story as well?
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The Mission Trail
For much of my trip through California, I followed the Mission Trail...The Kings Road...Camino Real..etc. All very historic and interesting.
These Padre bell markers are evident along certain trails and highways. In the 1920s bronze mission bells with shepard's herding sticks were placed
along the highway to let motorists know they were traveling the historic El Camino Real.
An old Baja buddy of mine is a history and nostalgia buff, also..and had these bells made for his home barbecue in the Salinas Valley area.
That concludes the history lesson today. Class dismissed.
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