Last night I walked into a cacophony of sound, energy, color, and youth. I attended a collegiate basketball game between the Cal Poly Mustangs and the UC San Diego Titans.

The intensity at which these young men throw themselves into their game takes your breath away. Aside from the athletic contest, the band, dance team and cheer corps present a well synchronized pageantry. Surrounding you on all sides are the fanatical fans yelling at the top of their lungs. It’s an all-consuming experience.

Recommended+++.

Sailboats lie peacefully at anchor in Morro Bay as the sun sets over the Morro Dunes.

A storm out in the Pacific Ocean sent huge waves onto the California Coast. Swells of 15 to 20 feet pounded the breakwater at Morro Bay.

You couldn’t hear anything over the thunder of the waves crashing in. The ground shakes with each impact. It really brings home the power of the ocean.

Morro Bay hosts a Lighted Boat Parade during the Holiday Season. Here is one of the participants in the 2023 event.

One of the best chicken burritos in the county.

From some perspectives it looks like Cubist art. Three 450 foot tall concrete power station smokestacks have been a part of the Morro Bay shore since they were constructed in the mid-1950’s. The iconic stacks are colloquially considered to be as much an integral part of Morro bay coastal landmarks as the 581 foot tall Morro Rock, for which the city is named. The power plant was shutdown in 2014. Over the years there have been several attempts to provide plans or reasons for the stacks to come down, even a proposal to paint them green, all met with citizen unrest and protest. But the end of The Stacks is now under contract. They are to be removed by January 1, 2028.

There was a vintage Rolls Royce at the Los Osos Octoberfest. Clean and shiny with nary a bug splat to be seen.

Rocking the vibrant colors of a street vendors display.

Out for a morning walk on the sunny Central Coast of California.

A Harmony Valley Ice Cream truck readies for the start of the Thursday night famers market in San Luis Obispo California.

Walking down to the beach at dusk. The water is calm and steady. People’s voices carrying. Seagulls flying. Footprints.