Devastation vs. Preservation
California boasts far more than one Lost Coast.
California boasts far more than one Lost Coast.
Navigation does not deal in absolutes. It always must include some accommodation, a bit of adjustment.
Like a DUI driver jugged in the tank, we always appreciate getting some small chance to dry out.
When three major timber companies all yanked up stakes and fled Northern California, they left behind the sprawling, scrofulous fuzz of logged-over timber land, debris-clogged streams, idle lumber mills, idle loggers and idle mill-workers.
Dark and early at 6 a.m., John Weed and I rolled from our sleeping bags in the waterfront shack of the Lost Coast Rowing Club that had provided us with a welcome refuge.