March 2008

Raising non-consumers

Thank you for the article about the Educational Resource Center in Santa Cruz. We also have had a great experience with the lending library for our two children. We love the quality of toys and resources that are available. And the subtly subversive act of raising non-consumptive children is really appealing as well!

—Rena Dubin

Santa Cruz

Up close and personal

I have seen the condors circling above Big Sur and flying over and roosting at Pinnacles National Monument. But what I saw recently driving up the coast after a weekend at Moro Bay beats ALL! You can see these magnificent birds from above and below so close you can fill your camera viewfinder.

Photo by Erica Crawford.

They have a new hangout that provides great viewing from a pullout right on Hwy. 1. about a mile south of Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn about 30 miles south of Carmel. There is a pullout with a port-apotty. Below this there is what appears to be a home being constructed and the condors seem to have discovered that this roof and the few trees there are a great jumping off point to soar.

It is a fantastic viewing spot because you get to see them from above as well as below, and they fly so close.

—Erica Crawford

Soquel

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