A giant chessboard on the sidewalk may seem a novelty, but it is a practical pastime for the Morro Bay Chess Club. Morro Bay is a great place for families to introduce their children to coastal ecology. There's a nautical theme playground at the south end of the town's waterfront esplanade. Near the Natural History Museum there are wonderful stories kiosks about the area's wild life. It all makes Morro Bay truly rewarding for families to visit.
Children look closely at a Monarch in the grove by the bay.
Morro Bay State Park accommodates campers and the seasonal Monarch butterflies which winter in the eucalyptus grove. Joy Greenberg , a free lance writer and teacher based in Atascadero, contributed to this story. She contributed several of the photographs in this story. All other photographs by PelicanNetwork. A citizens' group, Coastal Alliance Against Plant Expansion in Morro Bay questions the expansion plans the Duke energy power plant.