king Harbor Boater blog

I'm always most relaxed and content when I'm on or around the water. Boats have always been a big part of my life so it was only natural that a desire to volunteer my services within my community led me to the waterfront.

I became a Redondo Beach Harbor Commissioner in 2005. In 2007 I found a way to help focus attention on the harbor by writing a weekly column for the Easy Reader called Harbor Lights. It's all about King Harbor.

In January 2008, this blog was launched. It's a forum to share ideas on the many issues and subjects of interest that surround the harbor. Click here for more about Harry Munns.

Feel free to contribute opinions, facts or ideas, either about the subjects covered in Harbor Lights or other topics related to King Harbor. My only request is that you keep it civil. Let's make sure we respect one another, even when we disagree. Happy Blogging!

Harry Munns January 6, 2008

This story is an incredible and probably preventable tragedy. I'll withhold any commentary until all the facts are reported. Here's a news item with a few details.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/29/thre-dead-1-missing-sailboat-crash-near-coronado-i/

King Harbor’s fish can’t seem to catch a break. In March 2011, an estimated 2.5 million sardines and mackerel died in a single night of coastal carnage. Similar fish kills occurred in 2003 and 2005. The latest marine life massacre occurred at the SeaLab, in closed tanks and in a shed, away from the cruel ocean’s hungry predators and toxic pollutants.

So why do fish in King Harbor die at a rate that would make Iranian nuclear scientists feel safe by comparison? No one seems to know for sure even though a few people offer authoritative explanations.

The fish that died in 2011 were reported to have died from a drop in dissolved oxygen. Measurements taken from water samples showed almost no oxygen in the water where they died. No one seems to dispute these facts but scientists led by USC professor David Caron who runs a monitoring program in King Harbor, seem less certain on a couple other key factors.

First, they don’t know for sure why so many fish were crowded in a marina that’s open to the sea and why they didn’t escape when breathing began to get difficult. The second thing they don’t seem to know with any certainty is what happened to the oxygen.

One theory suggests a toxin called domoic acid may have contributed to killing massive numbers of fish in 2011. High concentrations of the substance, which is produced by a specific type of algae, were found in fish recovered during the 2011 event. No domoic acid was found in the marina water.

Domoic acid effects various neurological functions in fish, possibly including the brain. So, maybe 2.5 million sardines ate a bad batch of domoic acid. It made them all swim into King Harbor for reasons no one can explain. Then the domoic acid caused some sort of mental episode that made them forget how to get out of the marina so they just swam around in circles until the oxygen was gone. Hey, it’s a theory.

A preliminary report issued by Caron two days after the 2011 event points out that the fish died from a lack of oxygen but they could not eliminate factors other than too many fish using it up. “It is possible that an influx of coastal water with a low concentration of oxygen may have occurred, contributing to the low oxygen conditions.” The March 10, 2011 report stated.

Wouldn’t a large mass of oxygen-depleted water traveling to King Harbor from some other part of the Pacific leave a swath of death in its wake? There were no reports of dead fish anywhere other than King Harbor on March 8, 2011.

The same scientists wouldn’t declare that the 2005 fish kill in King Harbor was due to a naturally occurring algae bloom commonly referred to as red tide. “The exact cause of the 2005 event was never clearly determined, but it coincided with a large microalgal bloom.” The report said. Official reports dismissed the 2005 event as a common red tide similar to others that occur on coastal and inland waterways around the world but when It happens in King Harbor things seem a little different.

Red tides rarely annihilate every living creature in the bodies of water they infect but that’s what happened in 2005 and to a lesser extent in 2003. The deadliest red tides are rarely concentrated in an area as small as King Harbor. They usually infect large sections of coastlines, bays or rivers but the 2003 and 2005 fish kills were almost completely contained within King Harbor.

It might be easier to understand these strange coincidences if similar events were happening with similar severity and similar frequency in other nearby marinas. They aren’t.

There’s no indication the Sea Lab fish kill had anything to do with what’s happened in the marina in years past. The tanks use fresh seawater that’s pumped from a pipe that picks it up a half mile outside the marina.

A statement issued by West Basin Municipal Water District (WBMWD) said, “West Basin reported an accidental leak of household bleach at its Temporary Ocean Water Desalination Demonstration Facility (Facility) in Redondo Beach on February 9, 2012.”

The desalination plant uses bleach to clean sealife from its equipment including the intake pipe that extends a half mile out into the ocean. Somehow, the bleach escaped from a pipe that carries it from the shore based facility out to the end of the intake pipe. It mixed with the water the SeaLab and Sea Bass Restoration Project pump through their tanks to keep the fish alive.

WBMWD took great pains to ensure the integrity of the water and chlorine pipes when they were installed. Two weeks after 7,000 fish died, West Basin still couldn’t explain how or why it happened. In the end they issued a statement saying there had been a leak in the bleach line and it has since been fixed.

In 2006 David Caron’s lab set up a long term program to monitor levels of oxygen, algae and other potentially lethal substances in King Harbor water. Even the scientists seem to have more questions than answers when it comes to dead fish in King Harbor.

So what does it all mean? Is there some mysterious conspiracy to eliminate sea life in the marina? Have 100 years of generating electricity across the street or decades of pumping oil a few yards from the waterfront made the water periodically unable to sustain life? Probably not.

One thing’s for sure. King Harbor is a dangerous place to be a fish.

Thanks once again to Pete Moffett and everyone who helped put together a great July 4th event at Seaside Lagoon. I spent a good part of the day there and everyone present had a great time.

The fireworks were fabulous. I have no idea how many people showed up but it was a lot. Let's just say I walked up Beryl to Prospect and beat some of the cars that were at PCH when I started walking up the hill.

Pete and the city are talking about discontinuing the event. That would be a shame. If memory serves, the city kicks in about $10,000 to $20,000 plus various in-kind contributions like not collecting rent for the Lagoon. So let's say it costs the city $25,000. But that isn't really city money. It's Tidelands money that was generated in the Tidelands and must be re-invested in the Tidelands. It's also money that belongs to the people of California, not only the people of Redondo Beach.

I'm estimating again but the fireworks display cost about $30.000 to $40,000. Revenue comes from the city's contribution, entrance fees and vendors fees. In addition to the fireworks, there's entertainment all day long. That costs some money.

To sum this all up, the city's getting a pretty good deal on a fireworks display. Pete Moffett isn't making much of a profit on the event. So the people who believe for some reason that anyone who does business with the city should do if for free, can't complain much.

I don't know how to quantify this, but with July 4th fireworks displays to the north of us and south of us being cancelled, fireworks at Redondo Beach enjoyed an overflow crowd. They came and spent money. That helped the community.

So I'd like to see Redondo embrace the combination of a great deal on a fireworks display because it's subsidized by the Seaside Lagoon event, the opportunity to pay for it with money that can't be used for quite a few other things in the city and the fact a lot of people need to find a different place to see the fireworks. This is an opportunity and time will tell whether the city leadership has the wisdom to recognize it and the wherewithall to capitalize on it.

I recently appologized to AES for assuming the power plant was responsible for the fish kill in King Harbor. Let me just say it was a tongue-in-cheek appology in case that didn't come through. If an appology is ever necessary, it should come from AES to the people of the South Bay for continuing to operate that monstrosity in the middle of our community.

It's not that they don't have a legal right to generate electricity on our shores. If they were in any way out of compliance, you can bet the South Bay Parkland Conservancy (http://www.southbayparks.org/), among others, would crawl down their corporate throat and extract enough of their vital life force to make the beast skip a heartbeat or two. It's just that the power plant no longer  fits comfortably in the community that has grown up around it. In spite of that obvious fact, it just won't leave.

According to Parkland Conservancy spokesman, Jim Light, the conservancy is currently emphasizing community education. They also hold out hope of re-zoning the power plant site through city government sometime in the future or forcing the issue through the courts. This is a Quixotic quest to say the least but it's good that we have people who are planning for a future that doesn't include a power plant in King Harbor. 

The power plant has been here longer than anyone alive today can remember. As much as I'd like to report otherwise, the power plant has become a pretty well-mannered guest in our community. It's kind of like having a huge, moderately well-behaved gorrilla as a house guest. When he breaks a chair or leaves a trail of garbage behind him after a meal, it's hard not to give him a break. That's his nature. That's who he is. At the same time, it's hard to overlook the fact he smells and dominates every part of the house by his mere bulk.

Our huge, moderately well-behaved house guest, AES, recently invited renound environmental artist, Wyland, back to touch up the mural he painted on the power plant 20 years ago. As far as monoliths go, the part of the power plant that's decorated with pictures of sea life above and below the water has it all over the other blank, concrete walls you see at nearby industrial sites.

In that sense, I guess we're lucky. I've never seen lipstick on an actual pig but I have to believe when combined with some facial hair removel and perhaps a pair of designer sunglasses, it makes it easier to carry on a conversation with the animal...or maybe not.

I would like to make a friendly suggestion to the administration of AES. Having a celebrity artist come and work on the plant is a great way to show you care about the community and those of us who live in it. How about this. Next time you invite a celebrity, invite David Copperfield. Have him make the power plant disappear. Then explain to him that unlike his other illusions, the ones where he has to complete the show by bringing back the thing he made disappear, he's welcome NOT to complete this illusion. Just leave the powerplant wherever the big things he makes disappear go and we'll all applaud with great enthusaism.

Complaining about city government and government in general has become one of the great American pastimes. Government’s too big, too slow, not attentive the needs of its citizens. We’ve heard it all before. 

'Efficient, responsive government often takes us by surprise because of the steady stream of negative criticism that seems to surround our elected leaders and those who serve us in a professional capacity. 

So everyone who likes to pile it on to our city government needs to take note.  The city’s response to the massive fish kill in King Harbor was nothing short of brilliant.

Reports of huge number of dead fish began to hit city hall in the early hours of Tuesday, March 8th. The wind had been cranking up around 20 knots. It was what some call the “back end of the front”, a phenomenon that occurs after a storm system passes through the area. Oddly enough, the rising pressure behind the front often brings higher winds than the storm itself. 

Officials and observers theorized that the wind contributed to the huge numbers of small bait fish that found themselves trapped in the harbor. That part of the harbor has only one way in and one way out. Maybe they weren’t able to figure out how to get back out because it was so dark?

Nature didn’t create the harbor so nature had few resources to clean the dead fish out. That’s where the city came in. It seemed like everyone at city hall, from the city manager to the maintenance personnel, was mobilized and shifted into hyper-drive.

Within a few hours huge roll-off trash containers were positioned in the King Harbor Marina parking lot. Front end loaders were carrying dead fish from the docks where city workers and volunteers scooped them out of the water, to the waiting containers. 

It was disaster relief South Bay style. Volunteers were coordinated through the Redondo Beach Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a group of volunteers with training and resources to respond to local emergencies. 

The Red Tide Response Team, a group of volunteers organized specifically to remove dead fish from the marine, was also activated. This group was formed as a result of the Redondo Beach Water Quality Task Force, a group of city officials and citizens that began studying water quality issues in 2005.

Red tides occur when naturally occurring algae become so numerous they discolor the water, deplete it of oxygen, release toxins or some combination of the three. The response team was formed as a result of previous red tide events in King Harbor, none of which even approached the scale of the March 2011 fish kill.

The city and volunteers, many of whom came from neighboring communities, kept at it through the week and the following weekend. On Monday March 11th City Manager Bill Workman announced that the major work of removing dead fish from King Harbor was complete. The final total of dead fish scooped from the harbor, loaded into containers and transported by truck to a landfill was 140 tons. That works out to more than 500 pounds of fish for each boat in that basin.

It was a massive effort and it went off smoothly and professionally thanks to the city staff, police and fire personnel and volunteers. It was a great example of government and the community pulling together to solve a big problem with potentially disastrous consequences. As a community of boaters and non-boaters we are fortunate to have had the contribution of each and every person who pitched in to get the job done.

What's the first thing you think about when millions of dead fish show up in  King Harbor? Sorry

Live fish swim above thousands of their friends and neighbors lying dead below.

According to the experts who have weighed in on the issue including scientists from USC, the state Fish and Game Department and the SeaLab these poor little creatures committed suicide...kind of.

Monday afternoon and evening it was blowing a gale along the South Bay. According to the latest theory, the sardines and anchovies that measure around 6-8 inches, got spooked by some predator such as a shark or whale. The jittery school grew and at some point made a group decision to enter King Harbor. 

They swam all the way to the very end of the harbor, the part with no back door exit to the sea. Once there, they swam frantically in circles  and used up all the available oxegen. Then they all settled into the long sleep from which they will not awaken.

There are literally tons of dead fish lining the shore of the basin that stretches between King Harbor Yacht Club and the Spectrum Club. Whoever said fish and visitors both stink after 3 days was being kind to fish. After one day, they were beginning emit their unmistakable fragrance. With any luck, most of the corpses will be in a landfill somewhere far from here.

A good part of this clean up will be performed by citizen volunteers. If you read this while the mobilization efforts are underway, you can feel free to volunteer by showing up at 655 N. Harbor Drive, the former Red Onion and future Shade Hotel.

Someone still needs to convince me AES didn't kill the fish. 

The RB Harbor Commission voted to create a new sub-committee at its regular meeting in November. The new sub-committee will take on two issues, boaters' access to the harbor and safety.

I (Harry Munns) chair the sub-committee. Commissioners Michael Jackson and Shane Michael serve on the committee.

Both Commissioner Michael and Commissioner Jackson live in District 2, which contains King Harbor. They are both also members of King Harbor Yacht Club and active in the boating community.

The sub-committee has identified approximately 20 organizations, groups and businesses with a significant interest in King Harbor boating issues. In coming months we will introduce the sub-committee to each one of these stakeholders and begin to include them in our efforts to gather information on access and safety.

Meanwhile, any individual or group that wishes to bring some issue to the Harbor Commission or would like to be included in the sub-committee's work should contact me, Michael Jackson or Shane Michael. My email address is harry@munns.org or you can contact us through the city's web site.

Nothing beats good old fashioned terror when you want to
force people to swallow your political agenda. Remember “weapons of mass
destruction” and “We're fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here?”

Redondo Beach voters have been treated to the same tactics
this election season courtesy of the No on Measure G backers. Voters have been
told to be afraid of things like another 30,270 car and truck trips everyday and destruction of the view on Harbor
Drive.

Let’s take a moment to look fear in the face. When the No
people make traffic increase references, they use data from a report by Fehr
& Peers Transportation Consultants that’s posted on the city’s web site.

Like almost anyone using data out of context, they select
and combine the data that will substantiate their preconceived notions.
Building a Better Redondo has the following quote on a FAQ page of its web
site. “According to several studies funded by the City, traffic will go to
gridlock in King Harbor and adjacent roadways.”

The Fehr and Peers report does not use the term “gridlock”
anywhere. That’s a fear-generating device. What’s more likely to scare people, factual
terms like traffic increase or apocalyptic words like GRIDLOCK? Use of that
word was a clear choice made intentionally to get an emotional reaction not to
offer people facts from which to form their own conclusions.

The traffic report makes reference to “full buildout”
according to the General Plan. It also compares 2007 actual traffic numbers to
its own predictions of traffic levels in 2030. The report says it assumes, “all
land uses have been developed for maximum trip generation”. It goes on to say,
“this full buildout is highly unlikely”.

Even with this assumption, that every bit of the city will
be built to full capacity by 2030, the Fehr & Peers report concludes, “Intersections
on Harbor Drive, Catalina Avenue, and Broadway Avenue, continue to operate at a
comfortable LOS (Level of Service) in 2030.” Where’s the “gridlock in King Harbor
and adjacent roadways”?

A closer look at the report reveals that it measures traffic
during weekday morning and afternoon commute times. In other words, people
driving to or from work.

Measure G does not include residential zoning. There will be
no new group of residents leaving their homes to drive to work in the morning
and returning to their homes after work.

Permitted uses of the land which will be defined as Coastal
Commercial include hotels, boating facilities, time shares and other similar
uses. It’s hard to imagine so many people will be coming to work at those
places on weekdays that they will add any significant impact to commuter
traffic.

In short, traffic is a phony argument against Measure G but
if someone throws a big number like 30,270 at you it might be enough to scare
the reasonable, rational thought right out of you.

What about the view from Harbor Drive? There is no view from
Harbor Drive.

If you’re in the Sierras, the view is about the mountains.
If you build something that obscures the view of the mountains, then you’ve
ruined the view. If you can’t see the mountains because there are already
things built in front of the mountains, you have no view.

If you’re a couple hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean, the
view is about the ocean. I’ll be happy to travel the length of Harbor Drive
from Herondo to Captain Kidd’s, with anyone and point out that you cannot see
the Pacific Ocean until you’re standing in front of the toll booth at Redondo
Beach Marina. Even there, all you see is a tiny sliver of the Pacific.

A recent dispatch from a No on G proponent points out that
the view across Ruby’s parking lot might be destroyed if G is passed. You can
see a little bit of Seaside Lagoon from places on Harbor Drive that look across
Ruby’s parking lot but you cannot see any part of the nearly limitless expanse
of the ocean that lies directly behind it.

I know they want me to be afraid of losing Ruby’s parking
lot but I only have so much fear to spread around at any given time. I’m busy
fearing things like drugs in schools and crime in the South Bay. I’m afraid I
just don’t have any fear left over for Ruby’s parking lot.

People fear what they don’t know. No one knows what will
actually result from passage of Measure G so fear fits comfortably in the
attempt to persuade people to oppose it.

The Yes people don’t have that same advantage. Voters
already know what it’s like to have a run-down harbor/pier area that stopped
suiting the community’s needs decades ago. The only emotion they’re likely to
muster when they point out the danger of the status quo is pity and pity
doesn’t win elections.

By now you've heard all the arguments, including my own, for and against Measure G. I'd like to introduce some visual aids. You'll need to get in your car and drive a little but hopefully it will be worth it.

First, drive to San Pedro. Go to Ports o' Call Village. Walk around and take a look at what happens to a seaside attraction when it's allowed to degenerate, empty store fronts, fewer visitors, an overall feeling of malaise.

Then drive to downtown Manhattan Beach. What do you see there? Lots of thriving businesses, people outside walking around enjoying themselves.

Where are you more likely to go to push a stroller, get ice cream for the kids or have a drink with friends, Manhattan Beach, King Harbor or San Pedro?

If you answered Manhattan Beach then you have to admit San Pedro's dead and King Harbor is dying. The only thing on the horizon that can make King Harbor more like Manhattan Beach and less like Ports o' Call Village is approval of Measure G.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather add King Harbor to the list of places I enjoy, like downtown Manhattan Beach, than to the list of places I avoid like Ports o' Call Village.

I woke up yesterday morning around 4. My mind began bouncing around various elements of life, work, travel plans and hopes for my family. Then my thoughts turned to King Harbor.

There wasn't much to feel good about. Don't get me wrong, it's a great place and I spend as much time there as possible. But everyone seems to agree, it could be so much better.

In my honest opinion, if Measure G doesn't pass and the zoning that the city council approved and the Coastal Commission approved conditionally ends up in the toilet, we won't see any significant change in the harbor in my lifetime. With any luck I've got about 30 more years.

The Shade hotel might get built and Mole B might get a makeover a few things might get fixed, but any chance at transformation will get caught up in endless controversy and debate.

The very character of King Harbor needs to change. One of the pier/harbor area's biggest problems is the fact it was built without a cohesive plan and without any regard for the manner in which the pieces would fit and work together. As a result, they don't fit or work together.

It may be impossible after the fact to get it all working together, but I'd like to see movement in that direction. Without the opportunity to build and attract investors, there's little chance of that happening.

I lay awake in the pre-dawn, feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of having to take on the anti-development establishment all by myself. I made a few decisions about what I'd have to do to preserve my own sanity, then got up and started the day.

A few hours later I discovered a group of my fellow citizens had banded to together to create a Yes on G movement. It was exactly what I wanted but had no idea I'd ever see.

Now the rest of us, the Redondo Beach residents who want to move toward a more usable pier/harbor area, have a voice. Now all we need to do is make sure it gets heard.

In February Easy Reader published a column I wrote entitled Sailing Around isn't Kids' Play http://www.easyreadernews.com/columns/harbor-lights-sailing-around-isn%E2%80%99t-kids%E2%80%99-play It was about Abby Sunderland's attempt to sail around the world non-stop and solo.

I wrote that I really couldn't say whether parents who encourage their kids to do dangerous things were guilty of abuse or they are enabling their kids to realize big dreams. Frankly, if she accomplished her goal the discussion of abuse would probably have ended.

She didn't accomplish her goal. Her Boat, Wild Eyes, dismasted in the middle of the Indian Ocean. She set off her Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) and for a few tense hours, her condition was unknown. The Australian government sent out a search plane that eventually located her 2000 miles from land.

The discussion of abuse was dialed back a notch because she lived through the storm that tore Wild Eyes' rigging down. But people are asking what was a 16 year old doing out in the middle of an angry ocean by herself?

It's a good question and the most recent answer has added fuel to the fire stoked beneath the abuse allegations. Her dad, whose occupation has been listed as sailing instructor, is alleged to have contracted with a production company to produce a reality show. Critics are now connecting the dots and accusing him of sending Abby off to battle some of the toughest seas on the planet so that he could become famous and make money.

I don't know Mr. Sundarland but my guess would be that those dots should not be connected. The accusation that a father would send his child into harm's way for money is ugly and horrible.

You can't know what's inside another person's head but I'm giving Mr. Sunderland the benefit of the doubt. I'm incredibly happy that Abby is safe and will soon be returned to her family. All of the other ancillary factors are meaningless by comparison.

I wrote a column in the Easy Reader in which I declared that I was the boating public’s conduit to city government in Redondo Beach http://www.easyreadernews.com/columns/harbor-lights-boaters-voice. I’d like to reiterate that here. If you are an individual boater who uses King Harbor for any reason from paddling a kayak to entertaining on a yacht, the city has a mechanism for you to have your voices heard within city government.

It’s me. I’m the boater’s representative on the harbor commission. I’m there to represent the interests of people who use King Harbor for recreational boating.

For the 5 years since I was appointed to the harbor commission, I’ve heard a number of representatives of groups of boaters speak to the harbor commission and the city council on behalf of their groups. That was the proper way the interests of groups with a particular opinion should be presented to city government.

That rhetoric had evolved over my 5 years on the commission. The voice of a few groups has begun to be presented as the voice of “the boaters”. As this false representation began to evolve, I began to become disturbed. A small handful of powerful boating groups were beginning to present themselves at the voice of the overall boating public. They were definitely not what they claimed to be and as much as I liked the individuals involved, I felt it was my duty as the harbor commission’s boater’s representative to point out that these representatives of specific groups did not speak for anything close to a majority of King Harbor boaters.

Allow me to prove it. If you are a King Harbor boater who is not affiliated with a particular club or organization, tell me your position on the boat ramp or a master plan for Mole B.

If you’re not connected to a boating club or group your response will almost certainly be, “what?”

The boaters of King Harbor are not screaming for a boat ramp or a master plan for Mole B (who even knows what Mole B is?). But if you attended a harbor commission or city council meeting you’ll walk away believing your boating future depends on these two things. It doesn’t!

I’ve asked the special interests involved in these movements to tone down the rhetoric. They haven’t so it’s time to come forward with the truth.

If you use the facilities in King Harbor for boating and you have opinions about the harbor and its future, please call on me to carry your thoughts to city government. That’s what I was appointed to do. Post a response here or email me at harry@munns.org.

There are plenty of reasons to avoid King Harbor but you won't see any of them here. Instead, I prefer to focus on the reasons why I spend so much time there.

I was there this morning from about 7:45 to 8:15. I was riding on the bike path. I can't remember the last time I rolled out of bed and got on my bike but last night when the urge hit me, I knew that was what I wanted to do.

My strand bike rides usually begin at Pier Avenue in Hermosa or 190th Street. I usually ride north to El Segundo.

As I've mentioned previously, I like boats. I like going places on them. I like just being around them. I (usually) like the people I meet on them. I even like taking care of them although that has to go to the bottom of the list.

So I had the notion it might be fun to ride south, through King Harbor and I was right. The first thing that should be pointed out is that if you bring music on an iPod as I did, you need to crank up the volume when you're on the street. There are a lot of cars and trucks around at that time of day.

I must have missed the sounds of the surf in the horseshoe and the seabirds but Jimmy Buffet was a satisfying substitute. Once I got out of traffic, the air was clear with the subtle scent of ocean. Even though the sun was low in the sky, it warmed the land and water with a kind of orange glow that  turned to a radiant gold right before my eyes.

The wind wasn't up yet so the water in the marina and the ocean beyond
shimmered and reflected the occasional sharp speck of sunshine.Crews on the fishing boats were getting ready to head out to sea. Cleaners opened restaurant doors then locked quickly them so they could get to work preparing for today's lunch and dinner guests.

One of the things I like about the Pier/Harbor area is that it's completely different at different times of the day. 7:45 to 8:15 was a treat. Maybe tomorrow I'll check out 7:15 to 7:45. Maybe I'll see you there.