April 19, 2009

China Camp


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photo by Donald Kinney

What you're looking at here is the roof over the land-end of the pier at China Camp.   That smokestack is connected to a boiler, used in the drying process of Bay Shrimp.



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A fine fence, indeed...   I can see an Asian influence -- can you?
Tomato plants are starting to grow on the other side of the fence.



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Looks like China Camp's last remaining resident, Frank Quan, found some nice boards to bring home.   Yep, that's where he has lived his entire life, except for a stint in the Army during WW2.



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It's a quiet place with beautiful sunrises**.   Only one problem -- the Bay Shrimp have all but vanished.   But joggers jog, mountain bikers bike, picnickers picnic, and photographers snap.   A very peaceful place...

**Sunrises?
I've shown quite a few photos of China Camp here in AphotoAday over the past couple years -- here's a link that will bring up all the posts:
http://aphotoaday.blogspot.com/search?q=china+camp



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3 comments:

Louise said...

It's hard for me to imagine living in the same place my entire life, but not a bad place for it!

photowannabe said...

This place looks so quiet and serene. I love that fence whith all its character.

Brad said...

Very cool. I didn't know there was someone living there - let alone for his whole life.

 
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