Many of the older piers along the Southern California coast have either fallen away, or been converted to places to buy a taco or cast for shore fish. This is a newer, working pier, designed for the pickup and transport of workers from the oil rigs in the Santa Barbara Channel.
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fab composition.
Thanks! And good morning to she who is thousands of miles away across the sea!
Thanks for the afternoon greeting – accidently trashed it! But I did get it . . . isn’t amazing that we can sit here and chat or text across continents and oceans??!!