Fish Heads on the Fencepost
Posted by Karen on 16-Jan-2010
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It has been foggy and dreary here in the central valley lately, so Lori and I headed off in search of the sun and whatever else may help brighten up the day. We headed towards the coast because it wasn’t raining in that direction and sometimes when we have fog, they don’t. Since it was just an exploring kinda day, we pulled off the Bay Bridge at Treasure Island on our way west to explore it, since neither of us had ever stopped there before. It’s a small man-made island that is a former Navy base (I didn’t know that) and is a good place to take skyline photos of San Francisco and the Bay Bridge. We continue on and when we hit Highway 1, we head south to historic Pescadero, where we meet a couple of gentlemen working on restoring the Methodist Episcopal Church of Pescadero and prepping it for their crab feed that night. They let us look around inside and after chatting with them for a bit, they recommend the pizza at the country store as the best place for lunch and they are right, it is darned good oven baked pizza. We explore the other half Pescadero and I was thoroughly enchanted by the beautiful and neat art items available at the charming Luna Sea Gallery. Exploring a back road, we arrive at San Gregorio, a historic stagecoach stop and general store at a crossroad and there is some good live music coming from the lively general store. The music was a pleasant surprise, the strangest was the fish heads on the fencepost across the street. When I asked on of the locals enjoying the music and a brew if there was a story behind them, he just said “we don’t shoot fish out here without a good reason”… LOL! So, the story of the fish heads on the fencepost will remain a mystery to me. Next we followed signs touting the Moss Beach Distillery and learned another little bit of history. ”Frank’s Place” is no longer a distillery, it is now a restaurant on the ocean’s edge. We enjoyed the ocean view for a bit and then began our trek back home. We stopped at Treasure Island again on the way back across the bridge and practiced our night photography skills on the bridge. We didn’t totally escape the fog, but we did manage to brighten our day. ;>
