Saturday, January 15, 2011

Saturday's Fun Time

 So we were out doing our Saturday garage sales and it got pretty warm so we headed to the beach. This is the machine that is dredging Channel Islands Harbor. On the front under the boom there is a big auger that digs up the sand in the bottom of the harbor; then it is pumped thru the boat and into a 2 foot diameter pipe.
 
                                              This is the pipe as it heads across the Harbor
                                         Then it comes up and across the Silver Strand Beach
                                                          So we set out to follow it
                               Then this is where it was discharged half way down Silver Strand Beach
 Actually last week we followed it and it went all the way to Hueneme Beach; this was the discharge there
This is all the new clean sand extending the beach by the Point Hueneme Light House.

1 comment:

  1. That seems like a fun adventure. Pretty neat to be able to see all that from start to finish!!

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