Treasure on the California Coast

[acelockco]

I'm sure you've heard of the great balancing the budget stragety......... the beaches will be closed in June Just about half of the state parks are planned to be closed. Now is that the best solution...I don't think so! When the drownings start stacking up, maybe then something will give.

Closed beaches in June? That is the early summer, why would they close the beaches?

And what do you mean by closed? No lifeguards or blocked off and tickets issued? I think it is time to get Arnold on the horn.

[Papa Bear]

No guard or other services! We have spent ourselves broke! Revenues have raised by 17% above inflation and growth over the last 5 years and the Dumocrats in the state have increased spending by 30% in the same period! Then they scream schools! What do they close parks that people pay fees to get into????!!!!! Arnold was a bust! Came in with good ideas and listened to his wife and now we have a Kennedy in the Capital! Spend and tax!

Add the Illegal problem to the mix and the closing of emergency rooms because they use the recourses for free while we pay! Put in a dash of insurance control and regulation that won't allow for competition and bingo! MESS!

Now back to your scheduled treasure hunt!

[Papa Bear]

Speaking of treasure I have a friend who works in the oil industry and his company knows where there is enough natural gas off the coast of LA to power the LA basin for 200 years! Yet the California Coastal Commission (Who are they? Not elected) won't allow any drilling! Yet the platforms are the best dive sites here! Go figure! It's just easier to fill up the truck at 5.00 per gallon and go to jade cove! I am sure the price of jade will be going up as well

[hbh2oguard]

Well the CCC is a pain in the ass. One of the local headquarters flooded because the CCC forced them to remove the big sand berms because of the grunion runs. Oh well..... glad I'm no longer a state employee because more than likely I'd be out of a job this summer.

[Papa Bear]

Hey its just taxpayers money, endless! We don't even elect them and they have way too much power! I never felt they were constitutional in the first place, but whats that? Right! Good thing you work local level! Good luck this season and you better give us a report on the cove!

[Papa Bear]

If you have a good tent it is just the thing for Jade Cove! If you get there early get a site close to the road and you can walk across the street to North Cove directly!

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[Papa Bear]

Here is a picture in September with clear skies! The fog is a regular visitor to this part of the coast! It is so nice to see the sun until it comes out while your hiking up the hill! Then it gets hot in that suit fast!

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[Papa Bear]

This is a picture from the North Cove looking into the South Cove! At the base of all these rocks sticking up are opportunities for Jade to get trapped! The one thing I haven't told you is to watch out for Wolf eels! They are territorial and one bite me in the leg! Left 44 puncture holes in my 7mm wet suit and my Leg! I was looking in the cracks and my buddy was following me right behind me single file when I felt a hard tug on my left leg! I thought it was my buddy grabbing me to tell me he had found a piece of jade! When I rolled over into a sitting position I could see a 6ft Eel sticking out of my left leg! I swung my Geologists pick at him and he opened his mouth to breath and swam off! My buddy was yelling under water Eel, Eel, Eel, as if I didn't know! Bubbles were every where and his eyes filled his mask! Like he said later "It was very close to his head"! So I looked down and saw green coming out of my wet suit and gave the thumbs up!

On the surface we talked about it and knew we still had 1/2 a tank, so we decided to work our way back toward shore! The water was too cold to feel anything so why not finish the dive? We worked back and my buddy was the first up yelling to our friends "Reed got bite by a Wolf Eel" at the top of his lungs! Well I was now the center of attention and everyone wanted to see including myself! So my wife and all the guys and girls carried my stuff, including my jade, up the hill so I could get my wet suit off and show everyone! It was quite a parade of gore! I washed off and went into the tent and peeled off the suit and there it was the wound of 44 holes top and bottom just like you would make at the dentist when you bite down to leave that perfect impression!!!

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The big rock with bird sign is the outer edge of the Jade formation!

[Papa Bear]

This is my wife and my, at the time 9 year old sister-in-law, with her collection bag they would comb the shore for small stones while I was in the water and then they would help me carry my treasure back to camp!

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[lars2923]

I may have missed the subject, what type of depths are we looking at?