Puglover Loc: Lakeside Ca.

All of them are beautiful!!!

SimmonsCreek Loc: Missouri

WOW! They are all beautiful. I do love #4 Boy, I'd drive just about anywhere for some good Clam Chowder!

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Thank you very much, glad you liked them.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Thank you very much. Ha, another clam chowder lover, there is nothing like it.

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

Great shots...You're giving me a strong urge for Abalone.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Thank you very much, Abalone is a little further north on the Sonoma-Mendocino coast, My daughters son in law dives for it and gave me some. I spoiled it by overcooking it was like chewing leather.

imntrt1 Loc: St. Louis

Back in 1971, I found a seafood company in St Louis that had some for 5 bucks a pound. I bought three pounds and tried cooking it....I knew how difficult it was to cook...under and overcooked it got tough.....Well I ruined it...., so I know what you mean. Whenever I come to the Bay area (last time was 2009) I stop off at a bar in Pescadaro, where they have it on their menu at a little bar and restaurant. It's something like 45 bucks for an Entree' But I paid that much the last time I ate it on Fisherman's Wharf in SF, so I always stop and have some.....I would classify it as my favorite sea food. There is even a restaurant in the Suburbs of St Louis that serves it from time to time. If you call before hand they have it flown in and I think it is farm raised...But it is about the same price as buying it in California. I tried harvesting some in the 60s and was not successful at doing so...Those little buggers would sense me and latch onto the rocks like superglue. There is a book written by famed Aerobatic Pilot Patty Wagstaff, called Fire and Air; A Life on The Edge. In it she talks about working at Abalone Harvesting before she became an airshow pilot.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

You need a crowbar to get those suckers off the rocks. They are enforcing the limits and the seasons very strict now. A few months back the caught a bunch of guys poaching off season and selling to some restaurants around here, even they were fined for buying the illegal catch.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Love your pictures. HMB and Princeton are favorite places for my family to have an occasional lunch.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Thank you very much, you can't beat it for seafood.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Very true, cheaper than S.F. and the parking is easier.

donrosshill Loc: Delaware & Florida

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Thanks for sharing.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I love #1 for the rich colors in front of gray. Very lovely.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Nice series. :thumbup: :thumbup:

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Thank you very much for commenting.