Aptos Life

04/25/2023

Hi friends, we took a trip out of Aptos to visit this cool architectural structure. This is the Griffith Observatory in the hills of Southern California.

Griffith Observatory is beautifully designed and strategically located in the hilltops above Los Angeles.

04/15/2023

The Seacliff pier aka, the Cement Ship* pier is now gone. 100 years ago there was no pier, no ship.
Here is what the storm damaged pier looked like in February of 2023. After massive damage from storms and relentless pounding surf, made the pier irreparable. It was demolished and removed around March 2023. Let’s take another historic look at how it stood before it was gone forever.

* The historic Cement Ship aka the
SS Palo Alto has been parked off shore for over 90 years. This ship was birthed from the Oakland Shipyard in 1919. It arrived at Seacliff beach in 1929 where it was a place for entertainment for a time. The pier extending out to the ship for most of that time.

The Seacliff Pier was damaged as the result of massive and relentless storms in January of 2023. The pier stood for decades and was connected to the The Ceme...

04/11/2023

Friends of Aptos,
Check out this historic footage of a pier that provided so much for this community.
This stood strong for decades along the shore of the Seacliff State Beach.
The pier was a place to walk, fish, crab, take a beautiful picture or view another epic sunset. We could stand above the waves and witness the power of the Pacific Ocean. Thank you Pier of The Cement Ship, the SS Palo Alto.
We’ll miss you and will never forget you. (Reverse edit - April, 2021)
❤️🙏 🌈

Let’s see this in reverse! In this edited version, the video and music are reversed. This is Seacliff State Beach and THE Cement Ship and Pier, which is now ...

03/14/2022

If you have not seen The Cement Ship and pier up close, this is a great look.
(2021)

Have a great week!

This is the THE Cement Ship, aka, the SS Palo Alto. Built in the Oakland Naval Shipyard in 1919. The Navy made a fleet out of a concrete mix in efforts to sa...

08/09/2020

Take only pictures,
leave only footprints...

05/04/2020

Have a beautiful day

05/03/2020

Have a wonderful and peaceful day of beauty!!

04/28/2020

Aptos Succs in the golden hour :)

01/26/2020

The sun rose yesterday in Aptos, here’s a glimpse of what it looked like!

10/23/2019

This driver is probably not a resident of Aptos, yet they are using our side streets on her morning commute, not allowing cars to merge. Busted!!
WAZE,
STOP SHOWING TRAFFIC SHORTCUTS!!