Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Tea tree in bloom

Tea tree in the front yard of the house I grew up in, Aptos, California. You can’t go home again.

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Backlit trees

Sun peeking out from behind trees still sporting fall colors in February at the Red Apple Cafe in Aptos, CA. There for brunch with my mom and Rosa

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Cement ship, Aptos, California

Cement ship USS Palo Alto, in its final testing place off the beach in Aptos, California.

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