Glass Beach, Fort Bragg

6/10/13


SEA GLASS SHARDS

You can walk for hours on some beaches and not find a piece of washed up sea glass. So it's pretty shocking to stop here and see it all over the place. Very small shards of softened sea glass from Fort Bragg's former sea dump site.




It reminded me of a remarkable beach in Connecticut that was made of softened shells, rather than sand (or sea glass, in this case).

We had planned a trip north and this stop was on our way. Glad we stopped, but it was too cold to swim so it's not like it was a day at the beach, just wanted to check it out.








Filling up large bags of sea glass

Posted signs say not to take glass, but we talked with a local resident who also accepted the idea that each person taking a couple pieces is not nearly as overwhelming to the site as the people filling up bags. Granted, we were there on a holiday weekend, but we saw several people stealing more than their fair share.




Likely to profit from it; sea glass jewelry can be expensive - if you find big enough pieces (and certain colors).



We walked around and sat for a while. The coastline is pretty here but we definitely found nicer beaches to walk along. Really glad we made the stop.