Huntington Beach State Park

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May 5, 2018

We walked down to the beach with a nice lady from Chapel Hill, exchanged good ideas for travel. She said we would love Hunting Island. Her father was a Navy pilot for 20 years, but Jimmy Keith’s name didn’t ring a bell. We walked this beautiful beach for 40 minutes.

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Met Jim to my left cutting firewood. What a nice guy. Said it just kills him to buy firewood, so he drove up the road and found plenty.

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Beach_State_Park

The park, originally property of Anna Hyatt Huntington and Archer M. Huntington, was leased after his death and takes its name from him The 2500 acre (10 km2) tract was leased to the state in 1960 for use as a state park. Mrs. Huntington died in 1973. Atalaya was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and was included in the designation of Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens as a National Historic Landmark in 1984.

Atalaya and Brookgreen

He and his wife’s winter home, Atalaya Castle, is located in the park. Built during the Great Depression by only local workers, the residence was designed to withstand hurricanes.

The studio of his wife, the noted 20th-century American sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington, was part of the compound. Many of her significant sculptures are in nearby Brookgreen Gardens, an extension of the former Huntington estate, now a public sculpture garden.

  4 comments for “Huntington Beach State Park

  1. C K
    May 10, 2018 at 7:51 am

    I see a trend here – may I take it that you all have begun your summer 2018 peregrinations??? I just bought a place in Branchlands, and so begin the renovation trials.  leave next week for 2 weeks in Caucasus -hope I dn’t buy any more rugs!!!!

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    • May 10, 2018 at 8:32 am

      You world traveler you! Get those rugs!

  2. WILLIAM TILMAN
    May 10, 2018 at 8:20 am

    Hey Greg, We went to get our road home and the battery was dead. Hope to get it on the road soon. Billy

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    • May 10, 2018 at 8:34 am

      There’s always something with a camper Billy. Sorta like boats:}

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