A few minutes driving, and they say, a 2-hour hike to the remaining stern section that can be seen above water. (Mom, who was living here when the ship went down, thinks it can be seen from the cliffs...we've yet to prove it.)
Sunday needed an adventure. Sunday was also remarkably windy for the mild coastal area we live in....windy enough to make driving difficult along the PV cliffs.
It took us a couple tries to find the right trail:
Steep always makes me a little nervous...especially in that wind!
But we knew we were in the right place:
There are ship-bits strewn for miles
along the rocky coastline(which is fascinating on it's own).
We stopped for lunch and a breather about halfway back
and got an airshow:
In the end, we didn't make the whole trip to the stern, since the tide was coming in hard and fast, and we didnt' want to get stuck in unpredictable weather, but we did get to see bits of 40 year old freighter.
We kept the beachcombing to a minimum (which wasn't easy! HUGE, perfectly intact limpet shells...beautiful broken bits and lots of spiraling snail shells! (It's a little bit inaccessible, so it's relatively untouched, we thought it best to leave it so), but I did find my very first (if slightly dissapointing) piece of seaglass!
What interesting places are "hiding" near you?
4 comments:
great story! and what a day to go with all that wind! I tried going down there once, but a snake crossed the trail in front of us and it was back up the hill for me! :)
Ok, I want to see this. Is it easy to find???
I love going down those cliffs, too. Boston and Connecticut have the best shores for sea glass... you should go there for it instead! :)
What beautiful photos, and amazing to find old ship parts.
I wish I had a fun adventurous trail around me :( lol
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