Shark Bake (t) Beginning in 1814, the boys at the Presidio would come down to the beach and catch sharks. They would then have a huge shark bake in honor of whoever was left standing. In 1823, the Presidio Commander, Kismyas Rucker, put a stop to the shark bakes. Well, some of the boys were pretty upset. They were so upset, a bunch snuck down to the beach, threw up a wooden replica of the commander and... Baker Beach, San Francisco, California 2014 #photography https://flic.kr/p/F6VQXu
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Pogo (t) (B/W) This is an early model of the pogo stick. You remember those? Evidently, Hans Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall modified one of their early designs to include a firefly repository which would allow night pogoing. This was quite an improvement over George H. Herrington's spring stilt and, evidently, is becoming an extreme sport called Xpogo. (the above is a fabrication excluding the inventors) Bakersfield, California 2014 #Pogo #photography https://flic.kr/p/23eFDri
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Storked (t) So, a while back, like around 1911, there were a bunch of folks from Denmark that were looking for a place that was a little more temperate during the winter. They had enough of the cold after centuries of the stuff in Denmark and the midwest of the United States. One of the Danes knew of the Rancho San Carlos de Jonata Mexican land grant and thought the area would be ideal. The Chumash Indians were not thrilled... Solvang, California 2014 #photography https://flic.kr/p/F6XRvj
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