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A migration to the sea
Apr. 15th, 2011 12:48 pmEvery year when spring comes, I start feeling the urge to migrate. Don't laugh, it's true. Some people might call it the inevitable result of winter-time cabin fever, but to me it's more than that. I get the urge to start moving and not stop, possibly until autumn. I want to go places and see things. I want to explore the world. I want to... get a tattoo to remember the journey by.
Last year around this time, I was still living in Northern California, and I took a trip down to Mendocino County -- specifically to the towns of Mendocino and Fort Bragg -- to see the sights. It was partially a work trip, taking photographs for the travel magazine I worked for, but it was also a bit of a vacation. And I had a gift certificate for a Fort Bragg tattoo parlor, and by God I was going to get inked. Luckily for me, my company also had trade available at some area businesses, so I was able to stay and mostly to eat for free, and I took along my trusty companion Trudeau. It was a pretty awesome trip, and I never did post any photos, so... better late than never!
Our first stop was at a riding stable that does beach rides in McKerricher State Park. The scenery was lovely, but I won't really talk about the beach ride because I don't actually have anything complimentary to say. :D Then we headed on into Fort Bragg, where we stopped at Glass Beach. Mendocino has a lot of the rugged, rocky coastline that is my particular favorite, but Glass Beach is particularly scenic because -- and this is going to sound a little topsy-turvy, but bear with me -- it used to be the town dump. I'm not sure what would possess anyone to turn a stretch of lovely beach into a dump, but they did, and as a result much of the material that makes up the beach now is crush and sand-worn fragments of glass.
( Click here for more photos of a journey to the sea... )
Last year around this time, I was still living in Northern California, and I took a trip down to Mendocino County -- specifically to the towns of Mendocino and Fort Bragg -- to see the sights. It was partially a work trip, taking photographs for the travel magazine I worked for, but it was also a bit of a vacation. And I had a gift certificate for a Fort Bragg tattoo parlor, and by God I was going to get inked. Luckily for me, my company also had trade available at some area businesses, so I was able to stay and mostly to eat for free, and I took along my trusty companion Trudeau. It was a pretty awesome trip, and I never did post any photos, so... better late than never!
Our first stop was at a riding stable that does beach rides in McKerricher State Park. The scenery was lovely, but I won't really talk about the beach ride because I don't actually have anything complimentary to say. :D Then we headed on into Fort Bragg, where we stopped at Glass Beach. Mendocino has a lot of the rugged, rocky coastline that is my particular favorite, but Glass Beach is particularly scenic because -- and this is going to sound a little topsy-turvy, but bear with me -- it used to be the town dump. I'm not sure what would possess anyone to turn a stretch of lovely beach into a dump, but they did, and as a result much of the material that makes up the beach now is crush and sand-worn fragments of glass.
( Click here for more photos of a journey to the sea... )