CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[Gone in 60]

Well, damn, I figured I'd go find a dam. What's the purpose of these photo contests... to get us to go out and ride, right?

Mrs. Gone is... Gone, taking care of her Mom for a few days, so I'm not in a rush to get home. And, seeking the embrace of the local ocean views after working in Georgia for a week, I took a ride up the coast when I left the office yesterday.

I figured with all of the power stations, pumping stations and coastal preserves along the highway, I'd see a dam. But, damn, no dams to be had.

I did read Suhawk's dam fine print, which includes "channel walls." I was tooling around the Naples Canal area of Long Beach, one of my favorite places to tool around. This is one big circular channel, with houses on both sides. Damn expensive homes at that. So, dammit, that should count, right?

The canal houses all do wonderful holiday lights and decorations, and if you're in the Southern California area, it's definitely worth a visit. Looking at the metal railing, I noticed that they had strung up red, white and blue lights, so their getting into the spirit for the 4th of July as well. That's damn nice.

Well, damn, the governor just yesterday issued orders for restaurants to cut off inside dining again as our COVID numbers are rising, so I headed for the barn, and whatever leftovers I could scrounge up in the fridge. On the way home, I figured I'd find some kind of dam along the Santiago Creek runoff channel, and Hot Damn, I found one. This is a dry creek bed that connects to the larger Santa Ana River. There are several dirt and rock dams along the creek, but we'd need a damn flood to ever get it wet, and it's never happened in my lifetime.

And if that happens, my damn garage would flood too.