Tagged With "pigeons"
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Re: Coastal California: The Pigeon Point Hostel
Any travel tale that starts with a road trip following giraffes (nice pic, BTW), includes a lighthouse, the surf, goat cheese and cute granddaughters, is top rate in my book! Can't wait for the lighthouse tour!
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Re: Coastal California: The Pigeon Point Hostel
My life in a nutshell, DrF! I cannot complain. And thanks.
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Re: Apr. 16, 2016: Pigeons on the Roof
I know a lot of travelers might be irritated by pigeons, but I just absolutely love them. I'm always feeding them and ending up suddenly surrounded.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
We must have passed Pigeon Point on our way to see the seals on a February visit to SF about 10 years ago...I wish I had known! Besides the seals, the highlight of that trip was breakfast in a roadside diner surrounded by avocado farms...a product reflected in practically every breakfast on the menu!
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
In that part of the coast, it's more likely to have been artichokes, grown there and all the way down to Salinas/Monterey. Avocados are a Southern California crop.
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When I lived in So California, an acquaintance was an avocado farmer. He informed us that at the time about 10% of the avocado crop was stolen each year -- probably higher now. The most stolen crop in America, and impossible to trace I love old lighthouses and their setting on the roughest places on the coast. Thanks for sharing this one with us, PM.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
I'm not surprised about the avocado theft, guacamole being one of the CA food groups.
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I didn't mean to imply purloined produce...just that as a local product, they had a high place on the menu. From the conversations around us, it appeared that many of the others were growers...
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
PHeymont -- did not mean to imply that your restaurant proprietors were thieves. Just to point out that the crop you were surrounded by is a target of theft.
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Gentlemen, I think you missed my point somewhere above. Artichokes grow in Northern California, avocados in Southern California. As far as I've observed, never the twain shall meet. Just to confirm, is this it? If so, not avocado.
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No, really, we know the difference. And we saw the avocados and ate them. I haven't found production figures yet for San Mateo County yet, but it is significant.
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I see no mention of avocados: https://agwm.smcgov.org/sites/...26%20PDF%20Print.pdf
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Re: Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Great. I will be in Santa Cruz in a couple of weeks with HS friends and suggest we go thePigeon Point lighthouse! thanks again for a wonderful journey! Denia
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You can get that sinking feeling at Titanic museum
In Pigeon Forge, TN, the Titanic sinks every day—and for $27 you can go down with the ship, or perhaps be one of the survivors. The Titanic Museum (which has another copy at Branson MO) offers visitors the identity of a passenger, and a guided...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 23, 2015: Pigeon River High Falls, Minnesota / Ontario Border
Pigeon River High Falls forms part of the Canada–United States border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, west of Lake Superior. Pigeon River alternates between navigable waters and cascades or waterfalls. As...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 27, 2014: Pigeon Beach
It's summer, it's hot, you think of the beach or a pool, right? Why should birds be different? These pigeons are taking advantage of a moderniste fountain at the northern end of Barcelona's Avinguda Gaudi, a shady pedestrianized street that...
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Coastal California: Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Officially called the Pigeon Point Light Station, it’s been my sentinel, standing at the edge of my personal territory, telling me I’m nearing, or leaving, my family on the coastside of the Bay Area, south of San Francisco. I...
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Coastal California: The Pigeon Point Hostel
Please don’t misunderstand, I’m not really a believer in “things happen for a reason”, more a believer in “things happen”. But I will say I was lucky, one day last month, to be waiting at a stop sign...
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November 29, 2015: Parque de las Palomas - San Juan Puerto Rico
One of the unique sights of Old San Juan is Parque de las Palomas. Most cities consider pigeon to be pests, but in San Juan they built a park to be home to them.
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Apr. 16, 2016: Pigeons on the Roof
There are flocks of pigeons in every city, usually at ground level. Here, though, they've arranged themselves on a tile roof of Castelvecchio in Verona.
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Things to do in Pigeon Forge for the Weekend
Sheerin offers some suggestions for a weekend of fun activities in Pigeon Forge, located in Tennessee's beautiful Smoky Mountains (sponsored content)