21) Eat your heart out DV!

After much prodding by our friend Dave we sought out the "Apple turnover with fresh cream". So Dave - this is for you!



Now that we know what to look for, they are easy to find. We are starting to believe that AU has the highest per capita for two things - bakeries (at LEAST 1 per block) and realty offices - according to the paper housing values in city areas increased up to 200% in the last 10 years - yikes!


But this bakery is along our favorite bit of local beach. Due to a stormy winter and unusually high tides the beach face is getting hammered. In the pic on the left taken in May ) there is a scarp. But note how far to my left the trees are. In the right photo (taken in July) the sand has been eroded back about 25' - the rocks are there to prevent the sidewalk along the esplanade from washing into the ocean!














A big part of the problem lies down S. To protect navigation into river mouths, weirs were built. But this has also prevented the sand from the rivers from migrating along the coast on the northern long-shore currents to replenish beaches. The answer?

Soon they will start pumping a sand/water slurry from down south up to this beach. Should be an interesting process - man improves (?) nature!