This time around, I looked at the beach through several lens. I did not plan ahead of time on what lens I was going to be using. Instead, I decided to arrive at the beach and see what thoughts came to me from all that I have learned from lectures and guest speakers. I will […]
Mission Bay Park is a large recreational area located in San Diego. The park has 19 miles of sandy beach shoreline with eight designated swimming areas. An estimated 15 million people use this park annually! Among this eclectic group is a community of roller skaters. The area is lined with a smooth cement path and […]
Stearns Wharf is a ~2,000ft long wooden structure located in Santa Barbara, just east of the harbor. The wharf was built in 1872 to better facilitate the passenger and freight shipping industries. The building of the wharf negated the need to navigate through the kelp beds and shore break in order to reach land. The […]
Point Mugu Beach has a different type of environment and scenery since I come from Los Angeles, California. Moving to Camarillo made me discover that there are places to explore other than the usual crowded destinations. This beach was the first one I ever visited in Ventura county. The peace I felt at this beach […]
When I heard of a beach that barely anyone goes to from Patsch, I knew that this was the next beach I wanted to do for my blog. As I arrived, I could tell this place was quite secluded from the location to the old road. After Parking, I was met by an expansive fence […]
Silver Strand Beach is located in between two jetties in southern Oxnard. Because I actually live in the small beach community on silver strand, I have spent a lot of time at this particular beach. Silver strand is known as one of southern California’s most popular beach breaks. Due to the specific sand formation from […]
Since I couldn’t help but share what I’d learned in this class during my first blog trip, I decided the second should center around education. Even on the way to Harbor Cove Beach, I pointed to the gated dunes and explained to my brother that all the space between the ocean and these dunes, with […]
The first time I came to Cabrillo beach must have been in the early 2000s, primarily to look at the tide pools. The beach itself is smaller than the more popular beaches of southern California such as Santa Monica and the waves are not that large, due to a large offshore kelp bed. What the […]
Beaches have never really been a source of entertainment for me, especially as I became older. When I was younger, I’d visit beaches all the time, mostly to climb rocks and get into mischief that would inevitably concern my parents. Over time, though, I fell out of favor with the beach; it was too hot, […]
