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Cement ship SS Palo Alto in Aptos, CA

October 12, 2018 by Bill Ward

The SS Palo Alto, aka “the cement ship” was permanently docked in 1930 at the end of a pier in Aptos, CA (where I grew up), and served as a resort gambling and dance destination for a year before storm damage made it usable for nothing more than a fishing spot.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #artificial reef #beach #cement ship #seacliff #ss palo alto #sunset
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Tea tree in bloom

June 4, 2018 by Bill Ward

Tea tree in the front yard of the house I grew up in, Aptos, California. You can’t go home again.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #aptos #bloom #california #flowers #tea tree
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Aptos beach view

May 11, 2018 by Bill Ward

Beach view looking south from Rio del Mar, Aptos, CA this morning.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #beach #california #rio del mar #santa cruz
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Aeonium in glorious bloom, Aptos, CA

April 27, 2018 by Bill Ward

Aeonium in glorious bloom, Aptos, CA.

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Categories Photography | Plants Tags #aptos #bloom #houseplants #succulent
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Backlit trees

February 2, 2018 by Bill Ward

Sun peeking out from behind trees still sporting fall colors in February at the Red Apple Cafe in Aptos, CA. There for brunch with my mom and Rosa

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Categories Photography | Nature Tags #aptos #backlit #tree
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Cement ship, Aptos, California

October 14, 2017 by Bill Ward

Cement ship USS Palo Alto, in its final testing place off the beach in Aptos, California.

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Categories Photography | Coast Tags #aptos #artificial reef #cement ship #hometown #rio del mar
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