The dogs were really good slept all night and woke me up
around 6.30am with wagging tails.
I got dressed and took them out for a short walk and came back and fed them, that is about all the work they are.
Relaxed this morning and enjoyed my breakfast out on the deck with the ocean view......took the boys out for another walk and then set off on my afternoon hike.
I went the opposite direction this time and it is very pretty along the top of the cliffs.
This was the first place I visited..
This massive and intricately-decorated bell and pavilion was donated in 1976 to the people of Los Angeles by the people of the Republic of Korea to celebrate the bicentennial of the U.S. independence, honor veterans of the Korean War, and to consolidate traditional friendship between the two countries. The bell is patterned after the Bronze Bell of King Songdok, which was cast in 771 A.D. and is still on view in South Korea today.
The bell was cast in Korea and shipped to the United States. Weighing 17 tons, with a height of twelve feet and a diameter of 7-1/2 feet, the bell is made of copper and tin, with gold, nickel, lead and phosphorous added for tone quality. When it was built, it cost the Korean people $500,000. Four pairs of figures, each pair consisting of the Goddess of Liberty holding a torch, and a Korean spirit , are engraved in relief on the body of the bell. Each of the Korean spirits holds up a different symbol: a symbolic design of the Korean flag; a branch of the rose of Sharon, Korea’s national flower; a branch of laurel, symbol of victory; and a dove of peace. The bell has no clapper but is struck from the outside with a wooden log.
The bell is set in a pagoda-like stone structure which was constructed on the site by thirty craftsmen flown in from Korea. It took them ten months and costs $569,680. The pavilion is supported by twelve columns representing the twelve designs of the Oriental zodiac. Animals stand guard at the base of each column. Recently the Korean Bell underwent extensive renovation and restoration. On January 10, 2014 the Tarps were removed .
Resting peacefully on the knoll overlooking the sea gate from which U.S. troops sailed into the Pacific, the bell site affords an unsurpassed view of the Los Angeles harbor, the Catalina Channel and the sea terraces of San Pedro hill. The bell is rung each year on: Independence day, July 4, National Liberation Day of Korea, August 15, 9:00a.m.-12 Noon and New Year’s Eve, September 17 to coincide with bell ringings around the country to celebrate Constitution week, also on January 13 for Korean-American Day. The Bell is also rung 13 times on the 1st Saturday of the month at 11:30 a.m.
Then it was down to Fermin point..
Next was an area called the Sunken City...
This is an article about it..
In 1929, a landslide in San Pedro, California, caused a neighborhood of exclusive homes to tumble into the ocean. At its peak, the land movement was measured at an astounding 11 inches a day. During the slide, part of the adjoining Point Fermin Park also fell into the ocean.
Today, the area is called “Sunken City” by locals, and consists of the broken foundations of houses, abandoned streetcar tracks, buckled sidewalks, and empty streets. The area is now a popular hiking spot.
It’s been featured in travel vlogs, television shows, and films such as The Big Lebowski. It was also showcased by professional skateboarder Kilian Martin, giving new life to its unique destruction in the film Edge of the World.
Know Before You Go
Do not attempt to enter the Sunken City. Not only is trespassing not tolerated, but accessing the ruins is dangerous and therefore should not be attempted. Due to the danger of the ruins, the site is strictly off-limits to the public.
And finally down to the beach by the harbour...
As you can tell it was an overcast but still warm day...
Walking along the pier a fisherman stopped me and told me about a small baby grey whale that kept surfacing..
Who would have thought in this stretch of water
you could see this baby!!
Made my day!!
It was a good walk maybe five miles...back and took the boys out and then fed them got myself cleaned up and went down town to the Little Fish Theatre and was thoroughly entertained by this play...a great script and wonderful acting!!
As usual back home and out with the boys before bed!!
Yashi Koshi!
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