I launched my kayak from Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, California this morning, May 3, 2010 at 7:20AM.
I paddled straight out to oil rig Edith 8 nautical miles off the coast. I have crossed to this oil rig many times before. In this photo you can also see three other rigs, Ellen and Elly (the pair), and Eureka, in the distance.
As I paddled from Edith to Elly and Ellen, a sea lion joined me for the crossing.
As I crossed from Elly and Ellen to Eureka, another sea lion was crossing the opposite way. In this photo you can see Elly and Ellen, and Edith in the distance.
Eureka is the southernmost oil rig in California.
I took a break for lunch on the water at Eureka.
It was a long paddle back closer to shore for Emmy, which is little over a mile off the coast.
I had to paddle straight upwind to get to Eva.
It was another 5 nautical miles upwind to get to Esther. With the distance and upwind battle, I was getting tired. I really had to focus on being patient and relaxed. Occasionally, I set up a natural range on the coast to monitor my progress.
Needless to say, it was long day of paddling and I was happy to be back in Alamitos Bay.
This completes the oil rigs in the Los Angeles/Orange County area, so next I’ll be venturing north to start crossing to the oil rigs off Santa Barbara. I’ll also start posting info on the oil rigs and past oil spills in Southern California.
I’m also happy to report that while I was on the water, our governor announced that because of the Louisiana oil rig disaster, he has changed his mind about possibly expanding offshore oil rig drilling in California. But that isn’t going to stop me from continuing to help people become more aware of the oil rigs we already have along our coast.
Just so your completely aware, what happened in the Gulf can't happen here. There are no free flowing wells on any of these platforms; it has to be pushed to the surface.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately we are all addicted to oil, if you think for a second that if we could wave a wand and eliminate all the oil platforms things would be better, better think again. Watch “Truthland” or “spOILed” on youtube.
Worry about what really plagues our world —To Many People
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Rick A