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My usual sunrise viewing spot was socked in with fog on Friday morning. I thought I would have better chances farther up San Pablo Bay at China Camp.
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At this point it's still unknown what's going to happen with China Camp's last remaining resident, Frank Quan. About 200 parks will remain open, but this and 70 other California State Parks will most likely be closed on July 1. California is flat broke, yet our Governor still has his sights on spending billions on a high-speed rail system that will turn out to be neither high-speed, where people want to go, or within cost estimates.
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But San Pablo Bay isn't going anywhere, although salt intrusion has altered the ecology of this bay. Fresh water from the Sierra that would normally flush San Pablo Bay of salt has diminished due to diversion of fresh water for agricultural uses in the Central Valley.
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With dilapidated docks and traces of structures along it's 7 miles of shoreline, it's obvious that China Camp was once a busy place. And after reading about the lives of the Chinese immigrants who worked hard netting and drying Bay Shrimp here, it most certainly was a bustling village. There is a splendid little museum at China Camp telling the history of Chinese who settled here and how they were blatantly discriminated against by the "white man".
Today, China Camp's hilly trails are mostly enjoyed by mountain-bikers and joggers. And more often than not, there's going to be some joker with a camera poking around, trying to snag just one more shot.
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