in all fairness, I think that some of the beaches in South Santa Cruz County have protected species habitats. Pretty sure that's not the reason in all cases though. What *is* truly obnoxious is the fee the state charges for parking. In some cases the beach is miles and miles from anywhere, truly not walking distance even for someone much fitter than I am . For instance, I think Sunset Beach is about $25 for parking and $75 to camp. I do remember noticing, when I read the Yelp reviews, that it was much more expensive than the area hotels. But it also has a better view ;) Speaking of view, one day I will spend the night here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/kirby-cove-campground-sausalito
I used to slip in with the dog on winter mornings and the parking lady had a sense of humor: http://www.yelp.com/writeareview/biz/K27RJe12mw5Gyj6ud9cX8g. fortunately I did not have the dog with me the couple of times I ran into her. The lonely feel is a plus for me, but when I encountered mud for the first time after moving to California, I was way the heck up past a swamp about ten miles from anything, in a freezing rain. I was coming from New Mexico, where it does rain but not often and not for long -- when I had to turn around it did not occur to me that the rocky-looking shoulder might not be solid, but both front wheels immediately sank up to their axles in mud. Fortunately some guy showed up in a wetsuit to count egrets or something; he had a tow chain and knew to stay on the asphalt, lol. Now that I think of it, don't they have seals in oregon? Just wondering. Not sure if they are the endangered species is worried about. On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Apropos of little, but all Oregon beaches are public. Land up to the > high tide line is public and access is guaranteed. Mind you, our > "beaches" are often on the rocky side and always chilly, but no > private beaches is a fundamental notion of how we do things here. We > do ban vehicles on some/most beaches but make sure that there is dunes > access for people that like to do stupid things in their vehicles. I > don't think that dogs have ever come up as an issue anywhere. > > Judah > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Interesting. Too many solid citizens complained, I guess. I lived for >> a while in Santa Cruz County and yeah, the choices pretty much were >> drive forty minutes to Carmel or risk a citation at a local beach >> (because they aren't allowed most beaches even outside city limits. I >> had no idea there was even one raunchy beach. ) Incidentally, if >> anyone who cares is going that way, the municipal beach in Carmel is >> stunning and very very clean despite all the dog walkers-- guess they >> maintain it. The things you can do when you don't spend your revenues >> hassling hippie kids! <g> >> >> IOn Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am guessing, but the dog law was probably something like you can't >>>> have a dog on certain streets. >>> >>> >>> It looks like it was all of downtown Santa Cruz, and according to this >>> very, somewhat, maybe, but probably accurate blog post, has was repealed >>> just a few months ago. >>> >>> http://dogfriendly.com/dognews/?p=684 >>> >>> -Cameron >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343847 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
