Friday, November 1, 2013

8 Mavericks - Tuesday Oct 16 2007


Surf near Mavericks, originally uploaded by wellingtonrabbit.

No one was surfing today but just beyond the buoy (visible in some photos) is where the extreme surfers get towed out to ride the waves of famous Mavericks located just north of Half Moon Bay. It is hard to find a spectator spot as the best bluff is owned by the Air Force but eventually we get to a nice place to take some pictures. We try for the other side of the bluff but we cannot even see the buoy from the closest point we find which is the Moss Beach Distillery. This place has an interesting history of its own. It was big during Prohibition as a hang out spot and because of connections the owner had was never shut down.

It was a misty overcast day but we enjoyed exploring and then having lunch at a great organic eatery in downtown Half Moon Bay. Pumpkin was the soup of the day and it was completely different than last night's but also really good. Pumpkins are very big in California in the fall. There are pumpkin farms everywhere and pumpkins festivals galore. Pumpkins are used for everything, you can even get a pumpkin facial. And there is a wide variety to be had such as white pumpkins and Fairyland pumpkins. Half Moon Bay boasts home to the largest pumpkin grown in the state of California to date, 1536 pounds.

We finish our exploring early and head home. Now we are snuggled in our cozy cottage with the gas fire glowing content to snack on leftovers for dinner before heading out tomorrow for San Francisco.

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