Susan and Gary - The Wandering (and retired) Jews

St Aloysius Crab Feed 2012

Donna and Leon pick us up for the crab feed - its crab feed #3 for the season

Here's the St Aloysius church in Pt Arena. The Crabfeed is actullay at the Hall next door

Here comes the crab. Susan and I must have eaten two each.

Here's Doona and Leon preparing to eat large quanities

We gwt bibs

Um, um, good

Steve and Su in a candid shot

Steve and Su; Doona and Leon

We had our own Irish Beach table with lots of wine

Each table was reserved - it was a sit down event

Cindy working the auction

And more local pictures

The Evergreen Cemetary operated by the Grange. We plan a Spring workday and clean-up

Cypress tress on Highway 1 approaching Manchester from the South

Manchester - had a big store and a post office. Population just over 400 - its own town. We've always wondered if the Irish Beach residents are included in this population figure as its where our mail goes.

Lots of people take pictures of these uniquely cut trees - guess if you could point to a single landmark in Manchester - the trees is what people would remember

More pictures of the trees

Our fire department. Gary is a volunteer fire fighter (or still in training).

The Manchester school. Susan is a school board member

Our market/handware store. Its full size in a town with only 400 - go figure

Our post office. We're box 22

The road north out of Manchester

Sign for our Sunday breakfast at the Grange.

View to the east from Highway 1

Sign to the Manchester State Park. Its one of the parks to close due to the budget crisis in California

Alder Creek - where the San Andreas fault goes into the Pacific Ocean for the last time. We live on the North American plate side.

View of Alder Creek as it flows towards ocean. Nice valley and grazing land. Last thing you see before our development in Irish Beach

Local views we see each day

Behind the Garcia Grange

An old plow (we think) next to the Grange building - its collecting rust

The Garcia Grange hall

Quail in our bird feeder

Road to the Point Arena Pier

Hotel on hill above pier and pier buildings below

The pier parking lot

The pier

There's three resturants and a little store in this building

View South from pt Arena pier

Hotel on hill above pier and pier buildings below

Veterans Hall in Point Arena. The senior lunches are held here Monday and Wendesday. Susand is helping to write a grant for the Senior Program

Mileage sign between Mancehster and Point Arena.

Road between Mancehster and Point Arena. This is prime dairy farm land. Great mustartd is growing right now with spring in the air

Mt View Rd and Highway 1. We tell everyone NOT to take Mt View Rd to Boonville.

The Evergreen Cemetary operated by the Garcia Grange. Susan is planning a big May event. It has people buried back to the 1850's and it has a Native American burial section.

Oscar night at the Point Arena Theater

To fill you all in. The Point Arena Theater does an Oscar night. Its free but is a funraiser from the drinks and food (as well as passing a hat around). The event made over $1000 and was FUN. Its fun to see the show in a full theater and there was added entainment during the ads.

OK - its not a real tux