Attempting our annual Coastal Cleanup visit to San Gregorio beach, we were this year diverted south a mile or so to Pomponio State Beach (the shifting lagoon at San Gregorio was blocking the path down to the sea).
It was good to find Pomponio fairly litter-free. That gave us time to pursue other activities.
Ada, in particular, was taken with the large number of Dungeness crab shells on the beach. We hoped it was evidence of sea otters in the area. Still, she felt the need to mark their loss. As we walked back with our meagre pickings of fishing twine, bottle caps, cigarette ends and decomposing fishing lures, she took each crab shell and made a small memorial of it.
Here are a few:
