New Boat 4 Sled

[sleddog]

After being mined, blasted, and quarried for many years, it's amazing anything still remains of 600 foot Morro Rock, a significant landmark at the entrance to Morro Bay. As most know, Morro Rock is off limits and illegal to climb on due to cultural significance as well as nesting peregrines. For a bowl of Macapuno who or what tried to ascend Morro Rock before being apprehended by authorities. One guess only/24 hours.

1. A blind Boy Scout trying for his rock climbing merit badge.
2. A juvenile black bear who presumably forgot to put batteries in his GPS.
3. A large male beaver looking for the last remaining tree, a large pine, to gnaw down.
4. A local Day Sailor skipper whose spinnaker inexplicably became detached at all 3 corners and flew itself halfway up Morro Rock before snagging on a cactus.
5. A large Pacific octopus on walkabout from his home in the nearby breakwater.
6. MOJO's large rubber dinghy that detached from MOJO when she was wrecked in the Entrance. The dinghy became airborne and landed partway up Morro Rock.
7. Tabarly, when he briefly stopped at Morro Bay Yacht Club in 1969 with PEN DUICK V, enroute to his SHTP record of 39 days, SF to Tokyo.
8. Photographer Ansel Adams.
9. An escaped zebra from San Simeon who got loose when the trailer relocating him overturned on nearby Highway 1.
10. Lux, a small dog being walked by his mistress at the foot of Morro Rock when he was picked off by a dive bombing peregrine and flown back to the nest.

[AntsUiga]

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After being mined, blasted, and quarried for many years, it's amazing anything still remains of 600 foot Morro Rock, a significant landmark at the entrance to Morro Bay. As most know, Morro Rock is off limits and illegal to climb on due to cultural significance as well as nesting peregrines. For a bowl of Macapuno who or what tried to ascend Morro Rock before being apprehended by authorities. One guess only/24 hours.

1. A blind Boy Scout trying for his rock climbing merit badge.
2. A juvenile black bear who presumably forgot to put batteries in his GPS.
3. A large male beaver looking for the last remaining tree, a large pine, to gnaw down.
4. A local Day Sailor skipper whose spinnaker inexplicably became detached at all 3 corners and flew itself halfway up Morro Rock before snagging on a cactus.
5. A large Pacific octopus on walkabout from his home in the nearby breakwater.
6. MOJO's large rubber dinghy that detached from MOJO when she was wrecked in the Entrance. The dinghy became airborne and landed partway up Morro Rock.
7. Tabarly, when he briefly stopped at Morro Bay Yacht Club in 1969 with PEN DUICK V, enroute to his SHTP record of 39 days, SF to Tokyo.
8. Photographer Ansel Adams.
9. An escaped zebra from San Simeon who got loose when the trailer relocating him overturned on nearby Highway 1.
10. Lux, a small dog being walked by his mistress at the foot of Morro Rock when he was picked off by a dive bombing peregrine and flown back to the nest.

No basis for any guess, but Lux, the small dog seems possible. Choice 10

Ants

[sleddog]

No basis for any guess, but Lux, the small dog seems possible. Choice 10

Ants

Sorry Ants. Lux is a real puppy, but has never flown under a peregrine. Try again tomorrow. 9 guesses remaining.

[sleddog]

Because of size restrictions here are a couple of more pics from Morro Bay and vicinity:

The sinkhole in the cavern ceiling at Coon Creek Beach


The wreck of MOJO by a breaking wave at Morro Bay entrance, mentioned in trivia answer #6


3 Stacks with Craig paddling in the foreground. The stacks and the large building are slated for demolition. Fat chance there is enough money, and much permitting necessary.

[Philpott]

#6
I have no idea but your games are fun.

[Xavier]

I do not know the answer, but if one choice in the list had involved a badger, I would have guessed that one. The only place and time I have seen a live badger was at the end of Morro spit at dawn while entering the harbor in thick fog. It was foraging along the wrack line.

Sam

[sleddog]

#6
I have no idea but your games are fun.

Sorry, Jackie, Not #6. Although MOJO suffered major damage in the breaking wave, her inflatable dinghy did not make it ashore onto Morro Rock. Try again tomorrow, but you got to get up early to beat Ants.

[sleddog]

I do not know the answer, but if one choice in the list had involved a badger, I would have guessed that one. The only place and time I have seen a live badger was at the end of Morro spit at dawn while entering the harbor in thick fog. It was foraging along the wrack line.Sam

Hi Sam, Thanks for the info about the sighting of a badger on Morro Spit in thick fog...Wow, who would have thought. Ranger Vicky, are you listening? Badgers are listed as a sensitive species in the Morro Bay area. I've seen them in the Sierra, but never on a coastal beach...

[MillyB]

After being mined, blasted, and quarried for many years, it's amazing anything still remains of 600 foot Morro Rock, a significant landmark at the entrance to Morro Bay. As most know, Morro Rock is off limits and illegal to climb on due to cultural significance as well as nesting peregrines. For a bowl of Macapuno who or what tried to ascend Morro Rock before being apprehended by authorities. One guess only/24 hours.

1. A blind Boy Scout trying for his rock climbing merit badge.
2. A juvenile black bear who presumably forgot to put batteries in his GPS.
3. A large male beaver looking for the last remaining tree, a large pine, to gnaw down.
4. A local Day Sailor skipper whose spinnaker inexplicably became detached at all 3 corners and flew itself halfway up Morro Rock before snagging on a cactus.
5. A large Pacific octopus on walkabout from his home in the nearby breakwater.
6. MOJO's large rubber dinghy that detached from MOJO when she was wrecked in the Entrance. The dinghy became airborne and landed partway up Morro Rock.
7. Tabarly, when he briefly stopped at Morro Bay Yacht Club in 1969 with PEN DUICK V, enroute to his SHTP record of 39 days, SF to Tokyo.
8. Photographer Ansel Adams.
9. An escaped zebra from San Simeon who got loose when the trailer relocating him overturned on nearby Highway 1.
10. Lux, a small dog being walked by his mistress at the foot of Morro Rock when he was picked off by a dive bombing peregrine and flown back to the nest.

My guess is 8 Photographer Ansel Adams

[Intermission]

I'll try #7 Tabarly.