Coastsider visits Wavecrest with POST and city council members

Wednesday, we spent the morning at Wavecrest with Audrey Rust and Walter Moore of the Peninsula Open Space Trust and Half Moon Bay City Council members Marina Fraser and Naomi Patridge, taping them for a video we’re producing about the site.

Wednesday as the kind of hot, sunny day we don’t get that often on the Coastside. We met at Smith Field, walked around the property and discussed the future of the property, POST’s relationship with the city, and the beauty of the site itself.

If you have only driven by Wavecrest, you owe it to yourself to visit so you can understand what we’re talking about. First, it’s huge. At Smith Field, you can’t see Highway 1, and you can’t see the ocean.  Second, although it’s mostly covered with dry grass right now, it’s teeming with life. Even casual observers can see a dozen raptors (hawks and kites) making a living on the property within minutes of arriving. Third, it’s crossed by many informal trails. There are plenty of different ways to experience Wavecrest.

This Labor Day weekend, it will be beautiful at the beach.  But it’s a three-day weekend and you should spend one of those days at Wavecrest.