a glass beach

one of the highlights

of our trip -

was glass beach.

on the west coast of california -

in a town called fort bragg.

the story is, 

in the early 20th century -

residents used the cliffs

as a garbage dump

into.the.ocean.

i don't know who

EVER

would think 

this is a good idea.

but anyways...

the dump was closed in 1967 -

and clean up began.

they set fires to reduce the piles,

and larger items were removed.

the ocean did the rest.

the combination of 

the pounding waves,

& the large rocks 

that line the beach

broke the garbage down

and tumbled everything around.

the whole beach 

is filled with 

beautiful,

smooth,

colorful,

interesting

pieces of glass & pottery. 

we could have 

spent a lot more time there -

just hunting for treasures,

but we still had a long way to drive.

my favorites were the pottery.

i tried to figure out

what each piece

may have been.

 

if you are ever 

anywhere near that area.

i recommend dropping in.