To the Beach

I went down the beach today to go swimming, the first time in many months I've done that. The water was a decently warm 69 degrees and the tide was +1.5 right as I was there at 4:30 PM, so high that there was almost no dry sand. Normally a high tide would not have such a drastic effect on the sand but this last winter the storms were very strong and a lot of sand was washed out to sea. The beach level at the end of Oceanside Blvd (lifeguard tower 9) is at least 5 or 6 feet lower than normal; the waves were washing right up the access ramp, something that never happens otherwise.

The beach down at the pier is in even worse shape; instead of a typical SoCal sandy beach there are hundreds of yards of exposed rocks of varying sizes and a 2 or 3 foot berm of sand that one has to climb up or down to get to the water.

It's ugly, unappealing and a tourist turn-off. Word gets around fast with the internet these days; a bunch of tourists posting at hotel review sites or tourism sites or wherever will note the poor condition of the beach and warn other potential visitors away. We can't pretend that no one reads travel boards or hotel review sites.

Tourism is vital for a beach town but our appeal lies in our beaches and water; we will be suffering a lot this summer, I bet.

New Website Look and Feel

I've spent the last two weeks off and on revamping my website; out with the late 90's html and in with the early 2000's css! Yay!

Alan Zeleznikar Dot Com

Clean Up Time

Have you guys started top pick up your signs yet? They transformed from free speech to litter at 8:00 PM local time.