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….Cool Arch Pix…..

 Story/Photos by John Vonderlin (email John: [email protected]) Hi June, As I mentioned previously, before hitting Ano Nuevo Beach and Bradley Beach last week I stopped by the Acid Beach area to check it out. I’m thinking of trying to reach … Continue reading

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Part I: The Quest by John Vonderlin

Hi June, I’ve got a new Quest. No, I haven’t given up on reaching “Acid Beach,” the reputed Merry Prankster’s Ultimate Beach Party place. But, now after two attempts to reach it, I realize it is inaccessible by dry land … Continue reading

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An Arch Like No Other…

John Vonderlin shows us the arch between “Acid Beach” and “Warm Water Lagoon.” Email John: [email protected]

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1857: Big City Writer Checks Out His Back Yard

From John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June,     This is another travelogue by a San Franciscan visiting the boondocks of the Coastside. This one, from 1857, is the earliest I’ve found so far. Unlike some of the later-dated ones I’ve … Continue reading

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WAS BLACK GOLD FOUND AT BEAN HOLLOW? …..Story from John Vonderlin

Story from John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, I’m going to build one of these contraption (per description) as a piece of Marine Debris artplay. My belief is that there is virtually no gold on Bean Hollow Beach and … Continue reading

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There’s this “Hole in the Wall” Photos by John Vonderlin

[Note: If you could not enjoy John Vonderlin’s stunning “hole in the wall” photos in his earlier post of the same name–because there were red x’s there instead of beautiful images–you should be able to see them here now. My … Continue reading

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A Gumboot, a Pectoral Girdle & Snotsicles….New Story by John Vonderlin

A Gumboot, a Pectoral Girdle and Snotsicles Story/Photos by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, My last trip to Invisible Beach didn’t fail to amaze, mystify and amuse me with oddities and superlatives as usual. The first treasure spotted … Continue reading

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I have questions for Russell Towle….[Some of the material might be considered controversial.]

PescaderoMemories(PM): What was your life with Neal Cassady like? I have his book, “The First Third;“ I remember buying it at Keplers which was near the street where you hung out in Palo Alto. Did Neal Cassady visit AN? I’ve … Continue reading

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1970 Ano Nuevo: Russell Towle Finds A Shocking “Treasure”

Story by Russell Towle email Russell ([email protected] June, here’s another story from my years at Año Nuevo Point. I had lived quite a wild life for a time in the 1960s, a life which among so many other things included … Continue reading

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1970s: Remembering Ano Nuevo by Russell Towle (2)

Story by Russell Towle To live for two and a half years in that tiny cabin … shivering through every summer under that constant northwest wind, whipping wetly out of the fog bank, just offshore … quite memorable. The Steele … Continue reading

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