New Trinidad Pier
The newly reconstructed Trinidad Pier opened to the public at the beginning of July. I visited it for the first time yesterday evening.
The design is attractive and functional. The railings are all aluminum, and the deck is a continuous solid slab of concrete that slopes slightly downward from west to east and from south to north to allow for drainage.
The ramp leading down to the floating dock.
It's supposedly wheelchair-accessible, but someone would have to be very strong indeed to keep an occupied wheelchair from gaining too much momentum and getting out of control on this long, steep slope.
The new pilings are steel, coated with a non-reactive polymer.
Look at how thin that angled white PVC drain pipe is. That's going to get swamped fast in a downpour.
A great deal of strength would likewise be required to push a person in a wheelchair up this ramp.
The lights come on automatically as dusk approaches.
The commercial section of the pier.
So now, not only is my otter family gone, so is the entire old pier from where I made all of my observations. Every physical trace of my former life with otters is now vanished off the face of the earth...
I didn't see any of the beasts yesterday evening, but I ran into one of my old otter-spotter friends, and she reported that she has seen the otters often this summer; as many as 10 in one group. Based upon some of her behavioral descriptions, I think it's highly likely that Slick is still alive! Excellent news! I really wish I could visit Trinidad more often, but I'm poor as a churchmouse now, and there's no way I can afford to make the trip, even just once a month. Hopefully, I'll get to see some otters sometime this summer. It's been almost a year since my last sighting.
The design is attractive and functional. The railings are all aluminum, and the deck is a continuous solid slab of concrete that slopes slightly downward from west to east and from south to north to allow for drainage.
The ramp leading down to the floating dock.
It's supposedly wheelchair-accessible, but someone would have to be very strong indeed to keep an occupied wheelchair from gaining too much momentum and getting out of control on this long, steep slope.
The new pilings are steel, coated with a non-reactive polymer.
Look at how thin that angled white PVC drain pipe is. That's going to get swamped fast in a downpour.
A great deal of strength would likewise be required to push a person in a wheelchair up this ramp.
The lights come on automatically as dusk approaches.
The commercial section of the pier.
So now, not only is my otter family gone, so is the entire old pier from where I made all of my observations. Every physical trace of my former life with otters is now vanished off the face of the earth...
I didn't see any of the beasts yesterday evening, but I ran into one of my old otter-spotter friends, and she reported that she has seen the otters often this summer; as many as 10 in one group. Based upon some of her behavioral descriptions, I think it's highly likely that Slick is still alive! Excellent news! I really wish I could visit Trinidad more often, but I'm poor as a churchmouse now, and there's no way I can afford to make the trip, even just once a month. Hopefully, I'll get to see some otters sometime this summer. It's been almost a year since my last sighting.