Leucadia Blog: Sea Turtle Sighting

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Sea Turtle Sighting

Tropical Turtle Photo Credit: Fred Sharples.

Here's another reason to get out and enjoy our town's greatest natural asset. Sea turtle(s) have been seen along the edge of the surf zone, near our reef breaks. Perhaps, the warm water (pushing 70 degrees) has the turtles venturing out from their San Diego Bay hideout.

5 comments:

Dr. LorriAugust 06, 2009 8:25 AM
What an amazing shot and sight. I love it.
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AnonymousAugust 06, 2009 9:26 AM
Will the opportunistic sand dumps cover our reefs in sand?
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AnonymousAugust 06, 2009 5:50 PM
I an sooo old, I remember it being cool and ok to go down to Mexico and get those plastic bottles of Turtle Oil.
No more. Bad juju.
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New To The AreaAugust 06, 2009 7:30 PM
Wow, sure is a lot of Carlsbad hatin' going on at this blog. Encinitas has a much cooler downtown scene going on, and lots of funky pretty hippy chicks. Do you really want to be a multi-plex and strip mall city? San Marcos for God's sake? Be careful what you ask for. Chamber types don't give a crap about citizen quality of life, only increased revenues for business owners.

You guys should put in a competing indoor go-kart track in that empty Home Depot building - that sh*t is fun!!
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AnonymousAugust 06, 2009 8:35 PM
that turtle bears a striking resemblance to Jim Bond
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About Leucadia

Leucadia is a funky little beach community located in North San Diego county in southern California. Leucadia is the north section of the city of Encinitas.

English spiritualists settled the small coastal community of Leucadia in 1870, and are reputed to have danced, in diaphanous white robes in the little Roadside Park (Leucadia Blvd and Hwy 101).

The spiritualists are the reason so many of the streets are named after Greek gods and goddesses. Leucadia is Greek for "a sheltered place." Heritage Eucalyptus trees, planted in the 1880s, still grace the highway. When President Roosevelt passed through Leucadia in an open car during the Depression, local children climbed the Eucalyptus trees to wave to him.

Change happens slowly in this nostalgic little California beach town. In lieu of fast food restaurants and franchise chain stores, Leucadia has two miles of Mom 'n Pop businesses, and that's the way everyone likes it. The town war cry is "Keep Leucadia Funky."

Leucadia played an active role in the rebirth of the classic Highway 101 shield, restored in 1997, and was part of the successful 101 Campaign to have Highway 101 declared an historic route.

Leucadia is experiencing growing pains and culture clash in these first decades of the 21st century...

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