The Cayucos pier was originally built in 1872 by Captain James Cass, who was also the founder of Cayucos.  Soon after it was built, steamships from Los Angeles and San Francisco began docking several times a week.  According to the Help Save the Cayucos Pier website:  “The steamers carried passengers, took butter, milk, and other farm and ranch products to market and unloaded lumber and various goods. A steamer might load as much as 8-10 tons of butter and 90 passengers from the pier.  All of that activity meant that as many as 120 teams of horses were tied to 700 feet of Cayucos hitching posts on Butter Day, the day before departure.”   The Cayucos pier is scheduled to be re-built beginning in October. I remember my father-in-law used to love to fish from the pier; he really didn’t care whether he caught anything or not.  He just enjoyed the view and fresh air.  Help Save the Cayucos Pier website says it best:  “For residents and visitors alike, the pier has become a place to walk and lose oneself in grand views of the sea running to the horizon, spectacular sunsets, uninterrupted coastline, surfers dropping into wind-swept waves and Cayucos nestled between the Pacific and coastal hills. For many of us it is a vehicle that takes us back to younger days: time spent with parents, grandparents and cousins, adventures in growing up, memories of weddings, July 4th fireworks and Thanksgiving day walks.”  The photo above is provided by Central Coast photographer Dave Coronel, who celebrates our area with a camera and a good pair of walking shoes.  See Dave at Art in the Park this Labor Day weekend in Morro Bay, and visit his website (link below) for more beautiful photos of the Central Coast.

http://davecoronelphotography.com/

http://www.artcentermorrobay.com/art-in-the-park/

http://www.savecayucospier.org/index.htm

http://galleryatthenetwork.com/