What Happened to Patience I?

I saw this boat as we were leaving Avila Bay and was overcome with an intense curiosity; leaving me with a multitude of unanswered questions and an idea for two books. Where is Patience I? What happened to her? What did she look like? What did she do? Who owned her? What did they do? Why name this boat Patience II? Who owns her? What did she do? Why is she now unloved and used as a storage container? What happened that has left this lady abandoned and in dis-repair? Or, is she not abandoned? Is this how she is kept?

We drove the Pacific Coast Highway for miles. 

I could live on any number of spots along the way and be content and feel rich as long as I had that view and my grandmother’s crystal.

The Pacific Coast Highway is also known as State Route 1, Cabrillo Highway, Shoreline Highway and several other names depending on where you are. 

The first section of the road opened in 1930 in the Big Sur region. San Quentin Prison set up three temporary prison camps to provide unskilled convict labor to help with road construction. The prisoners were paid 35cents per day and had their sentences reduced.

We stopped to take a look at the Bixby Bridge. 

It is one of the most photographed places along the West Coast.  It opened in 1932 and is one of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world. The bridge spans Bixby Creek, named for Charles Henry Bixby who owned a sawmill on the creek.

 The bridge is 714 feet long, over 280 feet high, and was designed to support more than 6 times its intended load.

Can’t you just hear the waves crashing on the beach?