Thursday, September 8, 2011

Rincon Island

Drivers familiar with US 101 between Ventura and Santa Barbara, will recognize this island:



Once I was driving to meet my cousin Mike in Santa Monica and we were going to hang out. Along the way, I, not really having a timetable, pulled off the freeway and tried to drive out to this place. The bridge was fenced off.

On this latest trip home from SLO, I took a picture, because it's always mesmerized me a little; the sight of a palm tree lined island off in the distance.

It turns out that it's called Rincon Island, it's man-made, and it was constructed for the purposes of oil drilling.

In these cases, the truth is always less interesting than what we want to believe.

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